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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 is one habit Jack's father takes up after the accident?
2. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?
3. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?
4. When Jack cannot make his good feelings last, what does he do?
5. At the time of the harvest, how long has Jack's father been gone?
Short Essay Questions
1. While Jack is sitting with Phoebe under the tree at lunchtime, he senses she wants to say something to him. How does he react? What might Phoebe wanted to talk about with her brother?
2. Later in the evening following their lunch, Jack comes to understand about why Phoebe is alarmed about his not saying grace before eating. What does he realize grace means to Phoebe?
3. What does Jack ask Yegudkin after he plays, and how does the teacher respond?
4. As his lessons continue, what does Jack begin to realize about his teacher and his rants about America and Russia?
5. 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?
6. Jack begins to play the French horn in earnest. Why does he do this? Where does he practice?
7. Describe the scene in which Yegudkin opens the Alexander he has ordered for a student.
8. The author provides a vivid, detailed picture of Yegudkin, a much more detailed one than of any other character. What does Arcady Yegudkin look like?
9. The narrator provides only two comments about the dead child, David. What are the comments? Do they tell us anything about the child?
10. With practice Jack is able to have major accomplishments with his horn playing. What are some of those accomplishments? Which ones seem especially important?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
On the farm, Jack has two primary responsibilities: tending to the cows in the mornings and working the fields. Compare and contrast these two jobs in relation to how Jack responds to each one.
Essay Topic 2
As he is working on the tractor after his brother's death, Jack sees the field he is plowing and sees "stones lay everywhere, yellowed in the sunlight, a field of misshapen skulls." Discuss this image.
Essay Topic 3
Dale Hawthorne is described as being in the throws of a religious crisis after the death of his son. What is his spiritual crisis, and how does he deal with it?
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