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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Jack hear from the other workers sitting at the other lunch site?
(a) Whispering.
(b) A man yelling over to him.
(c) Laughter over a joke told by his cousin.
(d) Laughter and yelling.

2. What happens to Jack when he has painful thoughts on the tractor?
(a) He sobs and loses control of the tractor.
(b) He laughs it all off and drives the tractor home.
(c) He stops the tractor and goes home for something to eat.
(d) He shakes in weakness and finally gets off the tractor to rest.

3. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?
(a) He plans his escape from his family.
(b) He worries about his mother.
(c) He dreams of better times with his family.
(d) He replays the accident scene again and again.

4. How does Phoebe feel about having lunch with her brother?
(a) She is angry that she has to carry the heavy basket up the hill.
(b) She is disappointed her mother does not join them.
(c) She is sad to see Jack sitting all alone.
(d) She is happy to get out of the house and away from her chores.

5. What do his co-workers accept about Dale Hawthorne since his son has died?
(a) His father's refusal to work during harvest.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His father's drinking.
(d) HIs father's ways of handling his brother's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. While riding on the tractor, what things does Jack say about himself to himself?

2. At the time of the harvest, how long has Jack's father been gone?

3. What other things does Dale read in public?

4. What is another thing Dale begins doing after being home for a month?

5. What does Mrs. Hawthorne do as she talks about Jack's horn playing?

(see the answer key)

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