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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?
(a) Lyning in the hammock in the back field.
(b) Lying in bed drinking.
(c) Lying on the couch watching tv.
(d) Lying on the cow-barn floor crying.

3. How does Jack respond to Phoebe's question at the beginning of lunch?
(a) "No thank you."
(b) "Not really."
(c) "I am fine for now."
(d) "I'd rather be alone."

4. What does his family think about Jack's means of coping with his emotions?
(a) They think he is being mean to his father.
(b) They think he is not a good horn player.
(c) They believe there is nothing they can do about his isolation.
(d) They know he will grow out of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack to do avoid family togetherness since his father's return?

2. While riding on the tractor, what things does Jack say about himself to himself?

3. What is the kitchen like in Jack's house?

4. How old is the character who accidentally kills the child?

5. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?

(see the answer key)

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