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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?
(a) He worries about his mother.
(b) He dreams of better times with his family.
(c) He replays the accident scene again and again.
(d) He plans his escape from his family.

2. When Jack's father is gone for days, who takes over the work of the farm?
(a) Jack and hired help.
(b) Jack alone.
(c) Jack and his friends.
(d) Jack and his uncles, nieghbors or cousins.

3. What is the only reason Jack's father does not make good on his motorcycle fantasies?
(a) Because his family would not collect the life insurance.
(b) Because of what it would do to his wife and family.
(c) Because he would not be able to see his family in prison.
(d) Because the farm has been in his family for generations.

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

5. While riding on the tractor, what things does Jack say about himself to himself?
(a) He is guilty but feels better each day.
(b) He should never have been driving the tractor in the first place.
(c) He is spiritually defective and evil.
(d) He is almost a teeneager and has his whole life ahead of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the victim riding when he falls off and is run over?

2. What does Jack tell the girls of his made-up stories?

3. What is Jack's mother's support system after the accident?

4. What is Jack indignant about when he is in the kitchen?

5. For what does Jack's father often abandon his wife and children?

(see the answer key)

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