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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?
(a) Lying in bed drinking.
(b) Lying on the cow-barn floor crying.
(c) Lyning in the hammock in the back field.
(d) Lying on the couch watching tv.

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. Where does Jack feel a sense of belonging when he is working?
(a) In the fields with his uncles
(b) On the tractor with his father.
(c) In the kitchen with his mother and sister.
(d) In the barn with the cows.

4. What does Jack tell the girls of his made-up stories?
(a) He confesses to his desire to run away.
(b) He confides in them about his anger at this father.
(c) He confesses his worthlessness and names his faults.
(d) He confides in them his fears about his sister.

5. When does Jack feel almost happy and content?
(a) When riding and singing on the tractor.
(b) When walking in the sunrise to bring in the herd.
(c) When asleep in his bed.
(d) When visiting at the dinner table with his family

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the Hawthorne farm from the nearest house?

2. How does Jack's mother comfort him and his sibling?

3. What does Jack use to push the manure in the barn into the gutters?

4. What kinds of things does Jack's mother insist her children do?

5. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?

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