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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Phoebe feel about having lunch with her brother?
(a) She is angry that she has to carry the heavy basket up the hill.
(b) She is sad to see Jack sitting all alone.
(c) She is happy to get out of the house and away from her chores.
(d) She is disappointed her mother does not join them.

2. What poems does Jack's father recite in public now that he has returned home?
(a) "Tomorrow's Bridge" and "This Too Will Pass."
(b) "I Lean on the Lord" and "Why Must This Be?"
(c) "Bridge to Madison County" and "My Way."
(d) "The Weight of the World" and "Sufferers Be Still."

3. Where on the farm does Jack work with his uncles?
(a) In the back forty with the cultipacker.
(b) In the dairy barn with the cows.
(c) In the silo shoveling grain.
(d) In the fields with the tractors.

4. Who does Jack see sitting with his father when he opens the living room door?
(a) His mother, his aunt, the police, and his cousins.
(b) His mother, his sister, his uncle and his aunt, and two cousins.
(c) His uncles, his mother, some field hands, and some friends.
(d) HIs sister his uncle, the neighbor and some field hands.

5. When Jack is on the tractor and a storm begins, what does he do?
(a) Rides to the edge of the field and waits for the storm to be over.
(b) Gets off and sits under a tree.
(c) Goes to the barn and takes a nap.
(d) Drives home like a dog in flight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of things does Jack's mother insist her children do?

2. What does Jack realize he is doing as he gets close to his father?

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

4. What recitation of his father's does Jack recall as he suffers his anger and grief?

5. How does Jack feel when he is in the barn with the cows and other animals?

(see the answer key)

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