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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jack's mother?
(a) 34.
(b) 43.
(c) 30.
(d) 27.

2. What time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?
(a) Late evening.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Midday.
(d) Early afternoon.

3. What recitation of his father's does Jack recall as he suffers his anger and grief?
(a) Brutus' soliloquy.
(b) Mark Antony's condemnation.
(c) Silas Marner's monologue.
(d) Cicero's final speech.

4. How does Jack feel when he is in the barn with the cows and other animals?
(a) He feels lonely and frightened.
(b) He feels remorseful and guilty.
(c) He feels confused and anxious.
(d) He feels at home and almost pleasant.

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. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?

2. What is Jack referring to when he says "it was what life ought to be, what he'd once believed it was."?

3. When Jack is on the tractor and a storm begins, what does he do?

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

5. What is Phoebe doing in the kitchen when Jack comes in?

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