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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack feel when he is in the barn with the cows and other animals?
(a) He feels confused and anxious.
(b) He feels at home and almost pleasant.
(c) He feels lonely and frightened.
(d) He feels remorseful and guilty.

2. How does Jack come to feel about his raging on the tractor?
(a) Proud.
(b) Happy that he is so much like his father.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Hopeful of becoming an actor.

3. On what does Jack concentrate in order to regain his composure after his painful thoughts?
(a) The horizon.
(b) The clouds in the sky.
(c) The sound of the birds in the trees.
(d) A comforting object like a dark, smooth stone.

4. What finally ruins Jack's fantasy stories when he is driving the tractor in the field?
(a) Despair.
(b) Terror.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Hunger.

5. When Jack approaches the berry bushes, what does he notice escaping from them?
(a) Cardinals.
(b) Bluebirds.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Finches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack finally contemplate while riding on the tractor telling his stories?

2. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?

3. After the accident, what are the themes of Jack's stories?

4. What does Jack's father struggle with about his religious beliefs?

5. What is Jack referring to when he says "it was what life ought to be, what he'd once believed it was."?

(see the answer key)

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