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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finally, what answer does Father give Mother about why the men are digging in the field?
(a) They are digging a ditch so that water can reach the crops.
(b) They are digging a cellar for the new house.
(c) They are digging a cellar for the new barn.
(d) They are digging a field for the new cows.

2. When Nanny returns to the house, what does she tell her mother?
(a) She can't wait to get married in her fiance's house.
(b) She is glad Father is building a new house for them.
(c) She is ashamed to get married in their house.
(d) She has decided not to get married.

3. What was the promise that Father made to Mother?
(a) He would buy a new carriage.
(b) He would build her a new barn.
(c) He would build her a new house.
(d) He would buy a new horse.

4. Based on the statement Mother makes after Father leaves, what does Mother believe she has in his absence?
(a) An opportunity to not have to answer to anyone.
(b) Children all to herself.
(c) The obedience of her children.
(d) An unsolicited opportunity.

5. What does the protagonist NOT defy?
(a) Her own concept of what is morally right.
(b) His friends' concept of what is morally right.
(c) His children's concept of what is morally right.
(d) Her husband's concept of what is morally right.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother cope with Sammy's information?

2. There is an underlying attitude that the author provides as Father gives the directions for while he is away on his trip. What is that underlying attitude?

3. What does Father tell Mother might arrive while he is gone?

4. How does Father respond to Mother's two questions following the bantering scene?

5. What is Mother's response to Nanny's suggestion of where she be married?

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