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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of the story with regard to the author's writing work?
(a) It is the author's best known work.
(b) It is the author's least known work.
(c) It is the story that the author loved to write.
(d) It the story that the author hated to write.

2. What is the second question Mother asks Sammy?
(a) Is Father planning to sell their livestock?
(b) Is Father planning to go into town?
(c) Is Father planning to build a new house?
(d) Is Father planning to purchase additional cows?

3. What does Nanny's confusion regarding the reason to why men are digging in the field center upon?
(a) A ditch.
(b) Another barn.
(c) A cemetery.
(d) A new house.

4. When Nanny hears Mother's answer for why the men are digging, what is her reaction?
(a) Anger.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Happiness.

5. What does Sammy do after Mother asks him her question?
(a) Walks out of the house.
(b) Tells her that he has no idea what his father is planning to do.
(c) Ignores her.
(d) Throws his plate against the wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is "The Revolt of 'Mother'" typical of this author's writing?

2. For how long has Sammy been aware of the new information he gives Mother?

3. What is the best description of the current state of the barn that exists on the farm?

4. Who is the main female character?

5. Which of the following makes "The Revolt of 'Mother'" atypical of the author's usual writing style?

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