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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?
(a) Lying on the cow-barn floor crying.
(b) Lying on the couch watching tv.
(c) Lying in bed drinking.
(d) Lyning in the hammock in the back field.

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

10. How does Jack's mother deal with her grief outwardly?
(a) By playing cards with friends.
(b) By crying nightly with the children.
(c) By refusing to speak to her husband.
(d) By eating herself into a state of being overweight.

11. How does Jack feel when he is in the barn with the cows and other animals?
(a) He feels confused and anxious.
(b) He feels lonely and frightened.
(c) He feels at home and almost pleasant.
(d) He feels remorseful and guilty.

12. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?
(a) Shakespeare's.
(b) Shelley's.
(c) Einstein's.
(d) King Richard's

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack tell the girls of his made-up stories?

2. What sound does Jack remember from the accident?

3. What do the men talk about while they are at the feed store?

4. How old is the child when he dies?

5. What kind of man is Jack's father?

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