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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since his return home, what about Dale's public readings does Jack disdain?
(a) He believes his father is being dishonest with people.
(b) He scorns the poems and the way his father speaks to the listeners.
(c) He dislikes the way his father creates fake accents when reading.
(d) He thinks his father is faking just to get attention.

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

3. What other things does Dale read in public?
(a) Some of his journal entries from his son's death.
(b) Some of Jack's poetry written when he was younger.
(c) Some of Phoebe's poems from second grade.
(d) Some of his mother's journal entries during her son's death.

4. At the time of the harvest, how long has Jack's father been gone?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

5. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?
(a) He is friendly.
(b) He is silent.
(c) He is aloof.
(d) He is furous.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what orchestra does Yegudkin play before he comes to New York?

2. Where and when does Jack refuse to play his horn?

3. When Jack's father is gone for days, who takes over the work of the farm?

4. What does Dale say to Jack as he is standing at the door?

5. Who is working and helping to harvest the fields with Jack?

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