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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. How much time has passed between David's death and harvest time in the fields?
2. What time of day is it when Jack brings in the herd from the upper pasture?
3. When Jack stops for lunch after driving the tractor in the fields all morning, where does he sit?
4. What is Jack's mother's support system after the accident?
5. What sound does Jack remember from the accident?
Short Essay Questions
1. Jack is "touched" by his sister's presence at lunchtime in the field. Why is this? What does he notice about her?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. Where is Arcady Yegudkin from? How does he get to America? What is his story?
5. What are some of the ways Dale Hawthorne deals with his grief over the death of his son? What comment does the narrator make as to people's opinion of Hawthorne's behavior?
6. Describe Jack's uncles. What do they do on the farm? What do they look like? How do they behave?
7. What does the reader realize when Yegudkin plays the French horn?
8. How do Jack's family and his mother's friends view his passionate interest in his horn? Are they concerned? Why?
9. 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.
10. How does Jack respond to Yegudkin's performance on the French horn? How is the performance described?
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
Based on the various pieces of information and historical references, approximately when does this story take place? Justify your answer.
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