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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Jack's chores after the accident?
(a) He runs errands.
(b) He paints the barn.
(c) He collects the eggs.
(d) He works the farm land and equipment.

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) Hopeful of becoming an actor.
(d) Ashamed.

3. What does Jack's father struggle with about his religious beliefs?
(a) Is there a Hell?
(b) How anyone could not believe in God.
(c) How God could let such a horrible thing happen to his child.
(d) How God could be in Heaven.

4. In the opening of the story, who dies in April?
(a) Daniel Hawthorne.
(b) John Hawthorne.
(c) Dale Hawthorne.
(d) David Hawthorne.

5. After the accident, what are the themes of Jack's stories?
(a) Super heroes and world domination.
(b) Self-sacrifice and redemption.
(c) Running away to desert islands.
(d) Murder and kidnapping.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jack approaches the berry bushes, what does he notice escaping from them?

2. How old is the child when he dies?

3. Where does Jack feel a sense of belonging when he is working?

4. What is it that makes Jack crazy once his good feelings wear off?

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

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