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

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

3. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?
(a) He dreams of better times with his family.
(b) He worries about his mother.
(c) He replays the accident scene again and again.
(d) He plans his escape from his family.

4. What is Jack's response to what he sees as he starts up the tractor after lunch with Phoebe?
(a) He touches his straw hat.
(b) He blushes and turns away.
(c) He quickly drives the tractor away.
(d) He waves to the other men as he drives off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of things does Jack's mother insist her children do?

2. As Jack walks down the road, what is on his left?

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

4. What month is it when Jack sits under the tree with Phoebe and has lunch?

5. How old is the character who accidentally kills the child?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack respond to Yegudkin's performance on the French horn? How is the performance described?

2. 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.

3. The narrator describes a soliloquy spoken by Jack's father at the Grange one night. How does Jack remember his father on that evening? Why does he recall this memory when he is angry?

4. What does Yegudkin say about the fact that he is now too deaf to play in an orchestra?

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

6. When he is driving the tractor, how does Jack's behavior mimic that of his father?

7. What does Jack ask Yegudkin after he plays, and how does the teacher respond?

8. Describe the Hawthorne family farm that Jack works on a year and a half later. What has changed? What remains the same?

9. Dale Hawthorne decides against suicide. Why does he do so? What does he do instead of killing himself?

10. How does Jack respond to working with his uncles? How does he spend his time?

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