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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 Jack's response to what he sees as he starts up the tractor after lunch with Phoebe?
2. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?
3. When Jack cannot make his good feelings last, what does he do?
4. What month is it when Jack sits under the tree with Phoebe and has lunch?
5. What explanation does Jack give Phoebe at the beginning of lunch that puts her at rest?
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. 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. What does Jack ask Yegudkin after he plays, and how does the teacher respond?
4. The narrator explains that Dale Hawthorne "trades off his sorrow for the sorrows of others." What does he mean by this?
5. Jack and Phoebe have an interchange about saying grace over lunch. What is that interchange, and why is important to the story?
6. How does Jack's mother handle her son's death? How does she shoulder the care for her children and the farm?
7. Describe the scene in which Yegudkin opens the Alexander he has ordered for a student.
8. What is Jack's "black memory"? What sounds and sights does Jack relive in his black memory?
9. 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?
10. 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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
As Yegudkin plays the horn, Jack is carried away by the man's skill and art. Describe the scene, and discuss the images used to describe Yegudkin's playing.
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
Why does Jack describe Phoebe as his "sole ally, already half traitor"?
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