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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jack referring to when he says "it was what life ought to be, what he'd once believed it was."?
(a) Life should be lived to the fullest, now he is stuck on a farm.
(b) Life on the farm was a struggle, and now things seeem better.
(c) Life should be easy and he does not know why it is not easy now.
(d) Life on the farm was good and simple before he killed his brother.

2. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?
(a) Being a football player in college.
(b) Becoming a superhero.
(c) Joining the police force and fighting criminals.
(d) Heroic battles with escaped convicts.

3. When Jack opens the living room door, what is his father doing in the living room?
(a) Laughing with his brothers.
(b) Talking to Phoebe.
(c) Asking about the farm.
(d) Crying in his wife's lap.

4. What musical instrument is in the living room?
(a) A French horn.
(b) A piano.
(c) A cello.
(d) A harp.

5. What is one thing Dale does after being home a month?
(a) He takes over the grocery shopping.
(b) He begins to come home drunk
(c) He begins writing love poems.
(d) He begins reciting again poetry at the Grange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack's father do when he sees his son standing in the doorway?

2. What makes Jack turn his head and look up while he is thinking and preparing the cows for milking in the barn?

3. What sight does Jack see when he remembers his brother's death?

4. Since his father has returned home, what does Jack do late at night?

5. What does Jack notice about his sister as she is laying out the food?

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