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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 the difference in Jack's stories before and after the accident?
(a) Before they are of Attica prison breaks; after they are of movie stars.
(b) Before they were of conquest; after they are of guilt.
(c) Before they are of people; after they are of cows and horses.
(d) Before they are of superheroes; after they are of monsters.

2. How old is Jack's mother?
(a) 43.
(b) 27.
(c) 34.
(d) 30.

3. How does Jack come to feel about his raging on the tractor?
(a) Happy that he is so much like his father.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Proud.
(d) Hopeful of becoming an actor.

4. For what is Dale Hawthorne well-known in his town?
(a) His poetry and his poetry readings.
(b) His drunken fights.
(c) His prize winning cows.
(d) His drinking.

5. What is the victim riding when he falls off and is run over?
(a) The cultipacker.
(b) The trailor.
(c) The compactor.
(d) The tractor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the opening of the story, who dies in April?

3. What is the kitchen like in Jack's house?

4. What does Jack's father struggle with about his religious beliefs?

5. What is the only reason Jack's father does not make good on his motorcycle fantasies?

(see the answer key)

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