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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What kinds of things does Jack's mother insist her children do?
(a) Music lessons, playdates with friends and early bedtimes.
(b) School, chores, music lessons, and art lessons.
(c) Music lessons, school, church groups and chores.
(d) School, tennis lessons, chores, and laundry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jack behave toward his father and his uncles while working?

3. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?

4. What musical instrument does Jack's mother force on him?

5. What time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Jack leaves his lesson with Yegudkin, where does he go?

2. What conclusion does Jack come to about himself after realizing he does not love people as well as he should? How does he react to his own conclusions?

3. Now that his father is home to stay, what does Jack with his free time. Why?

4. How does Jack Hawthorne spend much of his time after the accidental death of his brother? What does he do during those activities?

5. When Dale looks up to the door and sees Jack, what does Dale say to his son? How does Jack respond to his father?

6. With whom does Jack begin studying French horn? What information are we given about this teacher in this section? Where does he teach?

7. How does the narrator describe Jack's lessons with Yegudkin?

8. How does Jack's house compare to his work? What senses are aroused at home? What senses are aroused when he is out on the tractor? Why does Jack feel so uncomfortable in his home?

9. How does Jack react when his father reads Jack's poems in public? Why does he feel the way he does about his father's poetry readings?

10. When Jack comes into the house after work and finds the kitchen empty and the living room door closed, he opens the door to walk into the living room. Describe the scene Jack finds when he opens the door.

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