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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?
(a) "My, what big hands he has!"
(b) "My, what long blond hair he has!"
(c) "This is your son, Betty?"
(d) "He has gotten so tall!"

2. When Jack stops for lunch after driving the tractor in the fields all morning, where does he sit?
(a) Under the overhang on the barn.
(b) In the shade of an elm away from the others.
(c) With his cousins.
(d) In the shade of an oak tree.

3. Where is Jack when he is making up his stories?
(a) Sitting in his bed at night.
(b) Riding on the tractor at work.
(c) In the shower.
(d) Milking the cows.

4. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?
(a) His mother and his sister, Phoebe.
(b) His sister and his French horn teacher.
(c) A schoolgirl named Margaret and his cousin, Linda.
(d) His teacher and a schoolgirl named Margaret.

5. What is Phoebe's attitude as she carries the basket filled with lunch up to the field hands?
(a) She is annoyed by the insects flying in her face.
(b) She is obviously frustrated and does not want to walk up the hill.
(c) She is delighted and runs up the hill.
(d) She sees nothing unreasonable about lugging the basket up the hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Jack play in the orchestra?

2. What other things does Dale read in public?

3. What does Jack notice about his sister as she is laying out the food?

4. How far is the Hawthorne farm from the nearest house?

5. What is in the basket Phoebe brings to Jack?

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