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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 notice about his sister as she is laying out the food?
(a) She is crying and very unhappy.
(b) She is smiling and acting like she is playing house.
(c) She is weak with hunger.
(d) She is falling asleep from exhaustion.

2. What other things does Dale read in public?
(a) Some of Jack's poetry written when he was younger.
(b) Some of his mother's journal entries during her son's death.
(c) Some of Phoebe's poems from second grade.
(d) Some of his journal entries from his son's death.

3. What is Phoebe's job after everyone has finished with lunch?
(a) To fill the basket with dirty laundry and bring it home.
(b) To pick up everything, throw it away, and go home.
(c) To pick up everything, put it all in the basket, and bring the basket home.
(d) To leave the basket and the leftovers for Jack to bring back later.

4. When Jack stops for lunch after driving the tractor in the fields all morning, where does he sit?
(a) With his cousins.
(b) Under the overhang on the barn.
(c) In the shade of an elm away from the others.
(d) In the shade of an oak tree.

5. For what orchestra does Jack play?
(a) The Newark Civic Orchestra.
(b) The Batavia Civic Orchestra.
(c) The Brooklyn Civic Orchestra.
(d) The New York City Civic Orchestra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?

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

3. How does Jack feel as he nears the homecoming scene?

4. What does Jack realize when he is doing his chores the night after lunch with Phoebe?

5. What does Jack see as he starts up the tractor after lunch to go back to work?

(see the answer key)

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