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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Nanny's logic behind her confusion regarding the digging?
(a) A family cemetery is not needed when everyone is healthy and young.
(b) A ditch is not nececssary because there is a river down the road.
(c) Another barn in unnecessary when their house is in such poor condition.
(d) Another house is unnecessary when the one in which they live is in such good condition.

2. After speaking outside with Father about the men digging, to where does Mother look?
(a) To her friend's house, which is much larger than her house.
(b) At the site of the barn and realizes Father is correct.
(c) From the spot of the new barn to her existing house.
(d) From the old barn to the new barn and wonders why they need a new barn.

3. What is the reason given in the introduction for the protagonist's actions?
(a) To meet the deep-felt need of her husband.
(b) To meet the deep-felt need of his children.
(c) To meet her own deep-felt need.
(d) To meet the deep-felt need of his friends.

4. What is the best description of the story with regard to the author's writing work?
(a) It is the author's best known work.
(b) It the story that the author hated to write.
(c) It is the author's least known work.
(d) It is the story that the author loved to write.

5. During what time in history is "The Revolt of 'Mother'" set?
(a) Modern times.
(b) The mid-1800s.
(c) Ancient times.
(d) The mid-1700s.

6. What is Mother's reaction to why the men are digging?
(a) She is very happy.
(b) She is very angry.
(c) She does not care one way or the other.
(d) She is very sad.

7. When Nanny hears Mother's answer for why the men are digging, what is her reaction?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Disbelief.

8. What answer does Mother give to Nanny's question about what the men are digging for?
(a) A place to put a new house.
(b) The cellar for a new house.
(c) A cellar for a new barn.
(d) A grave.

9. After Mother asks Sammy the question, what does she do to Sammy?
(a) Throws him out of the house.
(b) Makes him stand in the corner until his father arrives home.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Scolds him.

10. What has Nanny Penn been doing during her parents' discussion about men digging in the field?
(a) Spying on her parents' discussion.
(b) Working on her needlepoint.
(c) Watching the men dig in the field.
(d) Watching her brother work.

11. What is Mother's attitude after she hears Sammy's response to her second question?
(a) She is happy and says she is glad Father is buying more cows.
(b) She is sad and goes into her room to cry.
(c) She is angry and says that women are not supposed to complain.
(d) She is angry and goes outside so she can find Father and yell at him.

12. What does the introduction imply about the ultimate conclusion to "The Revolt of 'Mother'"?
(a) The protagonist gets her husband to appreciate her point of view.
(b) The protagonist is not able to convince her husband of her point of view.
(c) The protagonist ensures that his wife never defies socially acceptable behaviors again.
(d) The protagonist teaches his children a lesson.

13. From the introduction, what does the reader know about the main character?
(a) The main character will attack her husband.
(b) The main character will become engrossed in her relationships with her family.
(c) The main character will attack his minister.
(d) The the main character will have his children go against his wife.

14. When Nanny sees Mother after she has spoken with Father about the digging, what does Nanny ask about?
(a) When her brother can get married.
(b) Where her father went.
(c) What the men are digging for.
(d) When she can get married.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanny do as Mother copes with Sammy's information?

2. Who is the author of this story?

3. From the introduction, how does the reader know that the protagonist will defy social convention?

4. How many years ago did Father make a promise to Mother?

5. When Sammy leaves in Section 2, where does Nanny go?

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