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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 kitchen like in Jack's house?
(a) It is painted a dark blue.
(b) It is filled with people and the smell of food.
(c) It is empty and dark.
(d) It is a mess from the wind storm.

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

3. What does Jack's father struggle with about his religious beliefs?
(a) Is there a Hell?
(b) How anyone could not believe in God.
(c) How God could let such a horrible thing happen to his child.
(d) How God could be in Heaven.

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

5. How does the narrator describe Jack's father before the accident?
(a) An unfatihful husband and a bad neighbor.
(b) A gentle but stupid farmer.
(c) A faithful husband and a fair minded, genial farmer.
(d) A reckless man with little control over his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jack's chores after the accident?

2. How does Jack come to feel about his raging on the tractor?

3. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?

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

5. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?

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