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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What recitation of his father's does Jack recall as he suffers his anger and grief?
(a) Silas Marner's monologue.
(b) Cicero's final speech.
(c) Mark Antony's condemnation.
(d) Brutus' soliloquy.

2. 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 telling them the accident was not their fault.
(d) By taking them on long drives.

3. What does Jack drink from the thermos Phoebe brings him?
(a) Cold milk.
(b) Iced water.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Iced tea.

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe Jack's mother before the accident?
(a) A happy woman who was shy and retiring.
(b) A glum woman who always expected the worst.
(c) A sad woman who had suffered greatly in her life.
(d) A cheerful woman who laughed and loved telling stories.

7. What finally ruins Jack's fantasy stories when he is driving the tractor in the field?
(a) Terror.
(b) Despair.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Hunger.

8. What does Jack use to push the manure in the barn into the gutters?
(a) A blunt wooden scraper.
(b) A metal trowel.
(c) A push broom.
(d) A long handled shovel.

9. Who is working and helping to harvest the fields with Jack?
(a) Friends and uncles.
(b) His mother and grandfather.
(c) Neighbors and cousins.
(d) Phoebe and her friends.

10. When Jack's father is gone for days, who takes over the work of the farm?
(a) Jack alone.
(b) Jack and his uncles, nieghbors or cousins.
(c) Jack and hired help.
(d) Jack and his friends.

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

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

13. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?
(a) He is friendly.
(b) He is aloof.
(c) He is silent.
(d) He is furous.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jack is on the tractor and a storm begins, what does he do?

2. For what is Dale Hawthorne well-known in his town?

3. What is Phoebe doing in the kitchen when Jack comes in?

4. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?

5. What is Phoebe's job after everyone has finished with lunch?

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