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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation does Jack give Phoebe at the beginning of lunch that puts her at rest?
(a) He is happy with the lunch.
(b) He is a very neat eater.
(c) He has said grace in his head.
(d) He enjoys being just the two of them for lunch.

2. What happens to Jack when he has painful thoughts on the tractor?
(a) He stops the tractor and goes home for something to eat.
(b) He laughs it all off and drives the tractor home.
(c) He shakes in weakness and finally gets off the tractor to rest.
(d) He sobs and loses control of the tractor.

3. What is Jack referring to when he says "it was what life ought to be, what he'd once believed it was."?
(a) Life on the farm was good and simple before he killed his brother.
(b) Life should be easy and he does not know why it is not easy now.
(c) Life on the farm was a struggle, and now things seeem better.
(d) Life should be lived to the fullest, now he is stuck on a farm.

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

5. What does Jack find off of the cow path?
(a) Cherries and apples.
(b) Cherries and red raspberries.
(c) Blueberries and raspberries.
(d) Huckleberries and blackberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that makes Jack crazy once his good feelings wear off?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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