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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 Phoebe ask Jack as he begins his lunch?
(a) If he needs more to drink.
(b) If he wants to join the others.
(c) If he wants to say grace.
(d) If he wants a napkin.

2. When Jack's father is gone for days, who takes over the work of the farm?
(a) Jack and his friends.
(b) Jack and his uncles, nieghbors or cousins.
(c) Jack and hired help.
(d) Jack alone.

3. How old is the child when he dies?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nine.

4. What sight does Jack see when he remembers his brother's death?
(a) The brake on the tractor.
(b) The cultipacker stalling when it hits his brother.
(c) The evening sky.
(d) The cultipacker rolling over his brother's body.

5. What have his co-workers accepted about Jack when he stops working for lunch?
(a) His huge appetite.
(b) His need to be alone.
(c) His gregarious ways.
(d) His rudeness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?

2. What time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?

3. Where did Jack's father perform?

4. What is Jack's response to what he sees as he starts up the tractor after lunch with Phoebe?

5. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?

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