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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the accident, what are the themes of Jack's stories?
(a) Murder and kidnapping.
(b) Self-sacrifice and redemption.
(c) Super heroes and world domination.
(d) Running away to desert islands.

2. 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 were of conquest; after they are of guilt.
(d) Before they are of Attica prison breaks; after they are of movie stars.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How old is the youngest child at the time of the accident?

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

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