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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part does Jack play in his made-up stories?
(a) All of the parts.
(b) The narrator describing the action.
(c) The superhero.
(d) The hero of the stories.

2. To whom does Jack confide in and tell his tractor stories?
(a) No one.
(b) His uncle.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) His cousin.

3. What kinds of things does Jack's mother insist her children do?
(a) Music lessons, school, church groups and chores.
(b) Music lessons, playdates with friends and early bedtimes.
(c) School, chores, music lessons, and art lessons.
(d) School, tennis lessons, chores, and laundry.

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

5. What finally ruins Jack's fantasy stories when he is driving the tractor in the field?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Despair.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Terror.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe Jack's mother before the accident?

3. What kind of man is Jack's father?

4. How old is the character who accidentally kills the child?

5. After the accident, what are the themes of Jack's stories?

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