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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 can Jack hear from the other workers sitting at the other lunch site?
2. What does Phoebe give Jack besides his lunch?
3. What kind of motorcycle does Jack's father have?
4. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?
5. How does Jack respond to Phoebe's question at the beginning of lunch?
Short Essay Questions
1. In this story, Jack and Phoebe have very traditional roles. What are the roles each play?
2. When describing Jack's routines in the early mornings, the author uses the word "sweet" more than once. What things are sweet about the mornings for Jack?
3. Jack begins to play the French horn in earnest. Why does he do this? Where does he practice?
4. 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?
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. When Dale Hawthorne returns home after his three week absence, he does not leave again. What does he do to occupy his time? What does he do when he becomes restless?
7. What does Jack think about as he prepares the cows for milking after realizing why Phoebe wanted him to say grace? How does he feel as these thoughts enter his mind?
8. What do we know about Yegudkin's wife? What does she look like? What does she do?
9. What is Jack's first reaction when he sees his father and what is occurring in the living room? Why can he not act on his impulse to run?
10. Jack is "touched" by his sister's presence at lunchtime in the field. Why is this? What does he notice about her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Jack's feelings for his father are complex. Discuss the array of emotions Jack has for his father at different times in the story, and support your discussion with examples.
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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