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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jack's response to what he sees as he starts up the tractor after lunch with Phoebe?
(a) He quickly drives the tractor away.
(b) He touches his straw hat.
(c) He blushes and turns away.
(d) He waves to the other men as he drives off.

2. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?
(a) He waves his hands at the sky.
(b) He grinds his teeth.
(c) He pounds his fist on his head.
(d) He stomps his feet and screams.

3. When Jack cannot make his good feelings last, what does he do?
(a) He beats the cows.
(b) He throws stones at the cows.
(c) He screams at the cows.
(d) He runs to the barn.

4. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?
(a) Phoebe looks like she wants to scream at Jack.
(b) Phoebe looks like she wants to cry.
(c) Phoebe looks like she wants to say something.
(d) Phoebe looks like she wants to run away.

5. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?
(a) "This is your son, Betty?"
(b) "He has gotten so tall!"
(c) "My, what big hands he has!"
(d) "My, what long blond hair he has!"

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

7. What have his co-workers accepted about Jack when he stops working for lunch?
(a) His need to be alone.
(b) His rudeness.
(c) His huge appetite.
(d) His gregarious ways.

8. What does Jack's father struggle with about his religious beliefs?
(a) How anyone could not believe in God.
(b) Is there a Hell?
(c) How God could let such a horrible thing happen to his child.
(d) How God could be in Heaven.

9. What part does Jack play in his made-up stories?
(a) All of the parts.
(b) The narrator describing the action.
(c) The hero of the stories.
(d) The superhero.

10. What month is it when Jack sits under the tree with Phoebe and has lunch?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) July.
(d) May.

11. How does Jack describe the memory of his brother's death?
(a) An ugly memory.
(b) A sad memory.
(c) A black memory.
(d) An unforgettable memory.

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

13. What is Phoebe's job after everyone has finished with lunch?
(a) To pick up everything, throw it away, and go home.
(b) To leave the basket and the leftovers for Jack to bring back later.
(c) To pick up everything, put it all in the basket, and bring the basket home.
(d) To fill the basket with dirty laundry and bring it home.

14. What does Jack notice about his sister as she is laying out the food?
(a) She is crying and very unhappy.
(b) She is smiling and acting like she is playing house.
(c) She is falling asleep from exhaustion.
(d) She is weak with hunger.

15. What is the victim riding when he falls off and is run over?
(a) The tractor.
(b) The trailor.
(c) The cultipacker.
(d) The compactor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phoebe's attitude as she carries the basket filled with lunch up to the field hands?

2. How does Jack respond to Phoebe's question at the beginning of lunch?

3. What does Jack drink from the thermos Phoebe brings him?

4. As Jack walks down the road, what is on his left?

5. What is Jack indignant about when he is in the kitchen?

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