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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 Jack's response to what he sees as he starts up the tractor after lunch with Phoebe?
(a) He quickly drives the tractor away.
(b) He blushes and turns away.
(c) He touches his straw hat.
(d) He waves to the other men as he drives off.

2. While riding on the tractor, what things does Jack say about himself to himself?
(a) He should never have been driving the tractor in the first place.
(b) He is almost a teeneager and has his whole life ahead of him.
(c) He is spiritually defective and evil.
(d) He is guilty but feels better each day.

3. As Jack walks down the road, what is on his right?
(a) Alfalfa and wheat.
(b) Blueberries and blackberries.
(c) Apple orchards.
(d) Newly cultivated corn.

4. 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.

5. Where is Jack when he is making up his stories?
(a) Riding on the tractor at work.
(b) In the shower.
(c) Sitting in his bed at night.
(d) Milking the cows.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is in the basket Phoebe brings to Jack?

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

5. How old is Jack's mother?

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