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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the child when he dies?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

2. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?
(a) His teacher and a schoolgirl named Margaret.
(b) His mother and his sister, Phoebe.
(c) A schoolgirl named Margaret and his cousin, Linda.
(d) His sister and his French horn teacher.

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

4. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?
(a) Shakespeare's.
(b) Einstein's.
(c) King Richard's
(d) Shelley's.

5. What is Jack indignant about when he is in the kitchen?
(a) HIs mother is eating again.
(b) Everyone pretending eveything is ok.
(c) Everyone talking too loudly.
(d) He is the only one working this hard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To whom does Jack confide in and tell his tractor stories?

4. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?

5. How old is Jack's mother?

(see the answer key)

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