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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only reason Jack's father does not make good on his motorcycle fantasies?
(a) Because he would not be able to see his family in prison.
(b) Because of what it would do to his wife and family.
(c) Because the farm has been in his family for generations.
(d) Because his family would not collect the life insurance.

2. For what is Dale Hawthorne well-known in his town?
(a) His poetry and his poetry readings.
(b) His drinking.
(c) His prize winning cows.
(d) His drunken fights.

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

4. What is one thing Jack's father thinks about when riding his motorcycle?
(a) Leaving his wife and family for another woman.
(b) Committing suicide.
(c) Selling the farm and moving away.
(d) Committing murder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack describe the memory of his brother's death?

2. How does Jack behave toward his father and his uncles while working?

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

4. As Jack walks down the road, what is on his right?

5. How does Phoebe feel about having lunch with her brother?

(see the answer key)

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