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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack's mother deal with her grief outwardly?
(a) By refusing to speak to her husband.
(b) By eating herself into a state of being overweight.
(c) By crying nightly with the children.
(d) By playing cards with friends.

2. Where on the farm does Jack work with his uncles?
(a) In the fields with the tractors.
(b) In the back forty with the cultipacker.
(c) In the silo shoveling grain.
(d) In the dairy barn with the cows.

3. What is the name of the feed store?
(a) F.G.L.
(b) Q.E.D.
(c) G.L.F.
(d) L.L.G.

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) Is there a Hell?
(d) How anyone could not believe in God.

5. How does Phoebe feel about having lunch with her brother?
(a) She is sad to see Jack sitting all alone.
(b) She is angry that she has to carry the heavy basket up the hill.
(c) She is happy to get out of the house and away from her chores.
(d) She is disappointed her mother does not join them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?

2. How old is Jack's mother?

3. What do his co-workers accept about Dale Hawthorne since his son has died?

4. What is Jack's response to what he sees as he starts up the tractor after lunch with Phoebe?

5. What musical instrument does Jack's mother force on him?

(see the answer key)

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