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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 annoyed by the insects flying in her face.
(c) She is obviously frustrated and does not want to walk up the hill.
(d) She sees nothing unreasonable about lugging the basket up the hill.

2. Where is Jack when he is making up his stories?
(a) Milking the cows.
(b) Riding on the tractor at work.
(c) Sitting in his bed at night.
(d) In the shower.

3. When does Jack feel almost happy and content?
(a) When asleep in his bed.
(b) When visiting at the dinner table with his family
(c) When walking in the sunrise to bring in the herd.
(d) When riding and singing on the tractor.

4. What is in the basket Phoebe brings to Jack?
(a) Tuna, bread and cookies.
(b) Chicken, rolls, celery and salt.
(c) Ham sandwiches and fresh fruit.
(d) Chicken, biscuits, carrots and ranch dip.

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

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

7. How does Jack's mother comfort him and his sibling?
(a) By embracing them and giving constant praise and reassurance.
(b) By reading the Bible to them nightly.
(c) By taking them on long drives.
(d) By telling them the accident was not their fault.

8. What is the only reason Jack's father does not make good on his motorcycle fantasies?
(a) Because the farm has been in his family for generations.
(b) Because his family would not collect the life insurance.
(c) Because of what it would do to his wife and family.
(d) Because he would not be able to see his family in prison.

9. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?
(a) Being a football player in college.
(b) Joining the police force and fighting criminals.
(c) Becoming a superhero.
(d) Heroic battles with escaped convicts.

10. What does Jack tell the girls of his made-up stories?
(a) He confides in them about his anger at this father.
(b) He confides in them his fears about his sister.
(c) He confesses to his desire to run away.
(d) He confesses his worthlessness and names his faults.

11. How does the narrator describe Jack's father before the accident?
(a) An unfatihful husband and a bad neighbor.
(b) A reckless man with little control over his family.
(c) A gentle but stupid farmer.
(d) A faithful husband and a fair minded, genial farmer.

12. What do his co-workers accept about Dale Hawthorne since his son has died?
(a) His father's death.
(b) His father's drinking.
(c) HIs father's ways of handling his brother's death.
(d) His father's refusal to work during harvest.

13. What time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?
(a) Midday.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late evening.
(d) Early afternoon.

14. As Jack walks down the road, what is on his right?
(a) Newly cultivated corn.
(b) Alfalfa and wheat.
(c) Apple orchards.
(d) Blueberries and blackberries.

15. What does Jack do while waiting for the cows to finish eating?
(a) He listens to them chew.
(b) He takes a nap.
(c) He cries in the hay.
(d) He screams at the cows to hurry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?

2. After the accident, what are the themes of Jack's stories?

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

4. What does Jack see as he starts up the tractor after lunch to go back to work?

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

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