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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, specifically, does Mother do all day in Section 2?
(a) Sleeps all day and all night.
(b) Works cattle.
(c) Buys things that she needs for her new house.
(d) Cleans house and bakes pies.

2. After Mother's reaction to the arrival at the farm, what does she do?
(a) Goes to bed.
(b) Resumes cleaning the house.
(c) Packs up plates, cups, and saucers.
(d) Starts to cry again.

3. What is the best description of Mother's assessment of her own attitude toward their house?
(a) She knows she has always complained about the house, and she does not understand why Father won't listen.
(b) She loves their house.
(c) She loves her house but that it is Nanny who complains about it.
(d) She has never complained about their house.

4. When Nanny sees Mother after she has spoken with Father about the digging, what does Nanny ask about?
(a) Where her father went.
(b) What the men are digging for.
(c) When her brother can get married.
(d) When she can get married.

5. What arrives at 11:00 in the morning in Section 4?
(a) The new cows.
(b) The hay cart.
(c) Carpet for the new house.
(d) Wood for the new barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mother is talking to Father about their house, what is it that she cannot comprehend?

2. Where are the women of the town discussing this piece of information that they know following the arrival at the Penn farml?

3. How does Father respond to Mother's two questions following the bantering scene?

4. Why does Mother react the way she does to knowing why men are digging in the field?

5. When Father answers Mother's question about what they are digging for, what is his response?

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