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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Phoebe doing during the homecoming?
(a) Looking for Jack.
(b) Asking her aunt what to make for dinner.
(c) Sitting next to her mother and hugging both her mother and father.
(d) Talking to her cousins.

2. For what does Jack's father often abandon his wife and children?
(a) Camping in the Rockies.
(b) Love affairs with other women.
(c) Trips to the city to gamble.
(d) Drinking binges.

3. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?
(a) The day has begun to cool down.
(b) There are birds singing in the trees.
(c) It is a breezeless, insect-ridden heat.
(d) There are clouds in the sky predicting rain.

4. What does Jack use to push the manure in the barn into the gutters?
(a) A metal trowel.
(b) A long handled shovel.
(c) A blunt wooden scraper.
(d) A push broom.

5. What does Jack bring with him each night when he returns from milking the cows?
(a) A pail of milk.
(b) A carton of apples.
(c) Eggs.
(d) His heavy coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack conclude about his teacher?

2. Who is working and helping to harvest the fields with Jack?

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

4. On what does Jack concentrate in order to regain his composure after his painful thoughts?

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

(see the answer key)

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