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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the feed store?
(a) L.L.G.
(b) F.G.L.
(c) G.L.F.
(d) Q.E.D.

2. What is Phoebe's attitude as she carries the basket filled with lunch up to the field hands?
(a) She is delighted and runs up the hill.
(b) She is obviously frustrated and does not want to walk up the hill.
(c) She is annoyed by the insects flying in her face.
(d) She sees nothing unreasonable about lugging the basket up the hill.

3. As Jack walks down the road, what is on his left?
(a) Alfalfa and soybeans.
(b) Ready to harvest wheat.
(c) Newly cultivated corn.
(d) Vineyards.

4. On what does Jack concentrate in order to regain his composure after his painful thoughts?
(a) The sound of the birds in the trees.
(b) A comforting object like a dark, smooth stone.
(c) The clouds in the sky.
(d) The horizon.

5. How old is the child when he dies?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

6. What can Jack hear from the other workers sitting at the other lunch site?
(a) Laughter and yelling.
(b) Whispering.
(c) Laughter over a joke told by his cousin.
(d) A man yelling over to him.

7. What kind of motorcycle does Jack's father have?
(a) Harley-Davidson 80.
(b) Honda.
(c) Kawasaki.
(d) Vespa.

8. What is the difference in Jack's stories before and after the accident?
(a) Before they were of conquest; after they are of guilt.
(b) Before they are of Attica prison breaks; after they are of movie stars.
(c) Before they are of people; after they are of cows and horses.
(d) Before they are of superheroes; after they are of monsters.

9. What religion are Jack's uncles?
(a) Christian Scientists.
(b) Baptists.
(c) Presbyterians.
(d) Methodists.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the basket Phoebe brings to Jack?

2. How does Jack's mother comfort him and his sibling?

3. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?

4. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?

5. To whom does Jack confide in and tell his tractor stories?

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