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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?
(a) He is furous.
(b) He is silent.
(c) He is aloof.
(d) He is friendly.

2. In the opening of the story, who dies in April?
(a) Dale Hawthorne.
(b) David Hawthorne.
(c) Daniel Hawthorne.
(d) John Hawthorne.

3. How does Jack's mother comfort him and his sibling?
(a) By taking them on long drives.
(b) By reading the Bible to them nightly.
(c) By embracing them and giving constant praise and reassurance.
(d) By telling them the accident was not their fault.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where on the farm does Jack work with his uncles?

3. What happens to Jack when he has painful thoughts on the tractor?

4. What does Jack find off of the cow path?

5. When Jack cannot make his good feelings last, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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