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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 Mrs. Hawthorne do as she talks about Jack's horn playing?
(a) Smiles and clasps her hands together.
(b) Frowns and asks for guidance.
(c) Frowns and tells him to stop practicing.
(d) Smiles but stomps her feet.

2. Who takes Yegudkin and his wife away from their home?
(a) The Polish National Army.
(b) The Bolsheviks.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) The Army of the United States.

3. 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 guilty but feels better each day.
(c) He is almost a teeneager and has his whole life ahead of him.
(d) He is spiritually defective and evil.

4. What does the person in the barn say to him while he is working with the cows?
(a) "Need any help, Jackie?"
(b) "Can you look at this for me, Jack?"
(c) "You all right there, Jackie?"
(d) "What time is it, Jackie?"

5. What sight does Jack see when he remembers his brother's death?
(a) The brake on the tractor.
(b) The cultipacker stalling when it hits his brother.
(c) The evening sky.
(d) The cultipacker rolling over his brother's body.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Phoebe doing during the homecoming?

3. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?

4. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?

5. What does Jack bring with him each night when he returns from milking the cows?

(see the answer key)

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