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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 far is the Hawthorne farm from the nearest house?
2. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?
3. What does Phoebe ask Jack as he begins his lunch?
4. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?
5. What does Jack become aware of about himself as he sits under the tree with Phoebe?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old is Phoebe when she brings lunch out to the field? As she comes out to the field, how is she described by the narrator? What are her responsibilities?
2. As his lessons continue, what does Jack begin to realize about his teacher and his rants about America and Russia?
3. When Jack and Phoebe are having lunch and Jack does not want to say grace, he notices that Phoebe's eyes grow large with alarm. The narrator says, "and, though he did not know why, his heart gave a jump." Why does Jack's heart jump when he sees how frighted Phoebe is?
4. How do Jack's family and his mother's friends view his passionate interest in his horn? Are they concerned? Why?
5. Where does Jack find peace and solace? With whom does he talk?
6. Describe the Hawthorne family farm that Jack works on a year and a half later. What has changed? What remains the same?
7. What does Yegudkin say about the fact that he is now too deaf to play in an orchestra?
8. In this story, Jack and Phoebe have very traditional roles. What are the roles each play?
9. Describe the scene in which Yegudkin opens the Alexander he has ordered for a student.
10. What does the reader realize when Yegudkin plays the French horn?
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
Three of the characters in this short story, Dale, Jack and Yegudkin, find redemption in their lives. What is each man's form of redemption? Compare and contrast them.
Essay Topic 3
Jack did not stop the tractor once it had begun dragging the cultipacker over his brother's body. In the second sentence the narrator explains Jack could have applied the brakes and saved his brother. What are some possible reasons Jack did not stop the tractor but stood and watched his brother die instead?
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