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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Jack drink from the thermos Phoebe brings him?
2. What kind of motorcycle does Jack's father have?
3. Where does Jack feel a sense of belonging when he is working?
4. When Jack approaches the berry bushes, what does he notice escaping from them?
5. What do his co-workers accept about Dale Hawthorne since his son has died?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Jack first opens the door and sees his family gathered around his father, his aunt says to him, "It's all over. Your father is home." What does she mean by this?
2. Jack's father has been gone over three weeks. In what position does Jack find himself? Have his responsibilities changed? Who is he working with now?
3. What chores are Jack responsible for when he works in the barn? What feelings do the chores arouse in him?
4. As his lessons continue, what does Jack begin to realize about his teacher and his rants about America and Russia?
5. How does Jack feel after asking Yegudkin if he will ever play the horn as well as the teacher? How does Yegudkin respond?
6. How does the narrator describe the machinery Jack drives on the farm? Why is this image so powerful? How does it compare to the usual image associated with farm equipment?
7. How does Jack respond to Yegudkin's performance on the French horn? How is the performance described?
8. What does Yegudkin say about the fact that he is now too deaf to play in an orchestra?
9. Although he practices in the hayloft and is part of the civic orchestra, Jack refuses to play his horn either at church or at home. Why?
10. How does the narrator describe Jack's lessons with Yegudkin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is Jack's experience with death and loss similar to that of Yegudkin? How is it different?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator compares Jack working out his feeling while he works on the farm to acting on a stage. What is Jack's stage? What is his performance? Who is his audience?
Essay Topic 3
Who are Dale and Betty Hawthorne? What are they like before the accident and after? How does the death of their son affect them?
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