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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 least known work.
(b) It is the story that the author loved to write.
(c) It the story that the author hated to write.
(d) It is the author's best known work.

2. Which of the following makes "The Revolt of 'Mother'" atypical of the author's usual writing style?
(a) Social convention is defied.
(b) Social convention is upheld.
(c) Social convention is heralded.
(d) Social convention is scoffed at.

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

4. How does Father respond to Mother's reaction toward why the men are digging in the field?
(a) He hugs her and tells her not to worry about it.
(b) He leaves without saying another word to her.
(c) He tells her to go into the house and keep her feelings to herself.
(d) He screams back at her.

5. How does Father respond to Mother's delay in returning to the house?
(a) He goes into the house.
(b) Father ignores Mother and puts the saddle on his horse.
(c) He tells her that she needs to go into the house immediately.
(d) He says he will tell her later why the men are digging in the field.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the story begins, when does Mother say she will return to the house?

2. Of the following, what is the most accurate description of "The Revolt of 'Mother'"?

3. When Mother watches the men digging in the field, what does she ask Father?

4. What information does Sammy give Mother that she is unaware of?

5. What is Mother's attitude after she hears Sammy's response to her second question?

(see the answer key)

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