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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What answer does Mother give to Nanny's question about what the men are digging for?
(a) A cellar for a new barn.
(b) A grave.
(c) The cellar for a new house.
(d) A place to put a new house.

2. What is Mother's reaction to why the men are digging?
(a) She is very angry.
(b) She is very happy.
(c) She is very sad.
(d) She does not care one way or the other.

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

4. What is the reason given in the introduction for the protagonist's actions?
(a) To meet her own deep-felt need.
(b) To meet the deep-felt need of his friends.
(c) To meet the deep-felt need of her husband.
(d) To meet the deep-felt need of his children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mother asks Sammy the question, what does she do to Sammy?

2. From the introduction, how does the reader know that the protagonist will defy social convention?

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

4. After speaking outside with Father about the men digging, to where does Mother look?

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

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