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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack do while waiting for the cows to finish eating?
(a) He screams at the cows to hurry.
(b) He takes a nap.
(c) He cries in the hay.
(d) He listens to them chew.

2. What recitation of his father's does Jack recall as he suffers his anger and grief?
(a) Brutus' soliloquy.
(b) Mark Antony's condemnation.
(c) Cicero's final speech.
(d) Silas Marner's monologue.

3. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?
(a) He waves his hands at the sky.
(b) He stomps his feet and screams.
(c) He grinds his teeth.
(d) He pounds his fist on his head.

4. What is the difference in Jack's stories before and after the accident?
(a) Before they were of conquest; after they are of guilt.
(b) Before they are of Attica prison breaks; after they are of movie stars.
(c) Before they are of people; after they are of cows and horses.
(d) Before they are of superheroes; after they are of monsters.

5. What is Phoebe's attitude as she carries the basket filled with lunch up to the field hands?
(a) She is annoyed by the insects flying in her face.
(b) She is obviously frustrated and does not want to walk up the hill.
(c) She sees nothing unreasonable about lugging the basket up the hill.
(d) She is delighted and runs up the hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of the story, who dies in April?

2. How old is Jack's mother?

3. How does the narrator describe Jack's father before the accident?

4. What is Phoebe's job after everyone has finished with lunch?

5. How does Jack feel when he is in the barn with the cows and other animals?

(see the answer key)

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