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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack think about while preparing the cow for the milking machine later in evening after his lunch with Phoebe?
(a) His need to get away for awhile.
(b) His lack of friends.
(c) His father.
(d) His school work.

2. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?
(a) He waves his hands at the sky.
(b) He grinds his teeth.
(c) He pounds his fist on his head.
(d) He stomps his feet and screams.

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

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

5. A few nights after his lunch with Phoebe, what does Jack notice when he comes into the kitchen after work one evening?
(a) The house is unusually quiet.
(b) His mother is asleep on the couch.
(c) All of the lights are on.
(d) His sister is practicing her piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack describe the memory of his brother's death?

2. What musical instrument does Jack's mother force on him?

3. What does Jack use to push the manure in the barn into the gutters?

4. What does Jack find off of the cow path?

5. How old is the youngest child at the time of the accident?

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