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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men talk about while they are at the feed store?
(a) Jack and the accident.
(b) Their wives.
(c) Democrats and the weather.
(d) Feed and grain.

2. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?
(a) He dreams of better times with his family.
(b) He worries about his mother.
(c) He plans his escape from his family.
(d) He replays the accident scene again and again.

3. What is Jack's mother's support system after the accident?
(a) She does not have one.
(b) Her many close, religious friends who visit often and care for her.
(c) Reading and writing poetry.
(d) Eating and watching television alone.

4. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?
(a) Jack applauds loudly.
(b) Jack stands up and leaves.
(c) Jack gets very angry and yells at his father.
(d) Jack gets very angry, but does not speak.

5. With whom does Jack take his horn lessons?
(a) Arcady Yelliniski.
(b) Arcady Yegudkin.
(c) Arcomb Yegadsky.
(d) Andrew Yegudski.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another thing Dale begins doing after being home for a month?

2. How does Jack describe the memory of his brother's death?

3. What does Yegudkin do while Jack is playing the horn at his lesson?

4. What does Jack do while waiting for the cows to finish eating?

5. What does Jack use to push the manure in the barn into the gutters?

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