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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Mother reacts to the arrival at the farm, who is watching her?
(a) Sammy and Nanny.
(b) The neighbors.
(c) The field workers.
(d) Father and Sammy.

2. In Section 3, to whom does Father say something about Mother's reaction to the house and barn?
(a) Sammy.
(b) The minister.
(c) Nanny.
(d) His brother-in-law.

3. Where are the women of the town discussing this piece of information that they know following the arrival at the Penn farml?
(a) In the streets.
(b) At church.
(c) In the store.
(d) At each other's houses.

4. By the day after the arrival at the farm, what information do the townspeople know?
(a) Mother is livid.
(b) Mother has moved into the new barn.
(c) Father will build Mother a new barn for their new cows.
(d) Father will not build Mother a new house.

5. When Mother watches the men digging in the field, what does she ask Father?
(a) If he is ready for supper.
(b) When the new cows are arriving.
(c) What crops they are going to plant.
(d) What they are digging for.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second thing Mother asks of Father once the bantering is over?

2. How is the harness room described by 6:00 that night?

3. After the interaction with her husband about the men digging is over, what does Mother finally do?

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

5. From the introduction, what does the reader know about how the secondary characters are going to be affected?

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