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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old is Phoebe when we see her bringing lunch to her brother Jack?
(a) Nine.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. Where did Jack's father perform?
(a) The town hall.
(b) The Grange.
(c) An outdoor theatre.
(d) The theatre hall.

5. Where does Jack feel a sense of belonging when he is working?
(a) In the fields with his uncles
(b) In the kitchen with his mother and sister.
(c) In the barn with the cows.
(d) On the tractor with his father.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. 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 obviously frustrated and does not want to walk up the hill.
(d) She is annoyed by the insects flying in her face.

15. What sound does Jack remember from the accident?
(a) His sister's scream.
(b) The sound of heavy equipment.
(c) The crack of his brother's skull.
(d) The thunder following the lightening strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phoebe give Jack besides his lunch?

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

3. What is the kitchen like in Jack's house?

4. What does Jack become aware of about himself as he sits under the tree with Phoebe?

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

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