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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in the basket Phoebe brings to Jack?
(a) Chicken, rolls, celery and salt.
(b) Ham sandwiches and fresh fruit.
(c) Chicken, biscuits, carrots and ranch dip.
(d) Tuna, bread and cookies.

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

3. What is one thing Jack's father thinks about when riding his motorcycle?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Selling the farm and moving away.
(c) Leaving his wife and family for another woman.
(d) Committing murder.

4. What does Jack notice about his father since his return home?
(a) His eyes no longer work as well as they used to.
(b) He has lost his sense of humor.
(c) HIs eyes not longer sparkle, and he does not have a actor's style.
(d) He does not like to talk to people anymore.

5. After his return, what does Dale Hawthorne do while he recites in public?
(a) He cries and speaks carefully.
(b) He curses the gods.
(c) He gesticulates.
(d) He avoids the eyes of his listeners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?

2. How much time has passed between David's death and harvest time in the fields?

3. How does Jack feel when his aunt speaks to him in the living room?

4. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?

5. What does Phoebe give Jack besides his lunch?

(see the answer key)

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