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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack's mother say about his horn playing?

2. What does the person in the barn say to him while he is working with the cows?

3. Who does Jack see sitting with his father when he opens the living room door?

4. What does Yegudkin talk about while Jack is resting between pieces?

5. What question does Jack ask Yegudkin after hearing him play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The narrator, when talking about the stories Jack tells aloud based on his fantasies, states "the lie was too obvious, the manipulation of shame to buy love." What does he mean by this statement? How does it apply to Dale Hawthorne?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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