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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jack's mother's support system after the accident?
(a) Eating and watching television alone.
(b) Reading and writing poetry.
(c) Her many close, religious friends who visit often and care for her.
(d) She does not have one.

2. What does Jack finally contemplate while riding on the tractor telling his stories?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Murder.
(c) College.
(d) Escape.

3. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?
(a) His teacher and a schoolgirl named Margaret.
(b) A schoolgirl named Margaret and his cousin, Linda.
(c) His mother and his sister, Phoebe.
(d) His sister and his French horn teacher.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference in Jack's stories before and after the accident?

2. What kind of motorcycle does Jack's father have?

3. What happens to Jack when he has painful thoughts on the tractor?

4. What finally ruins Jack's fantasy stories when he is driving the tractor in the field?

5. Where is Jack when he is making up his stories?

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