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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second thing Mother asks of Father once the bantering is over?
(a) If he is planning to buy more horses.
(b) If he is planning to buy more pigs.
(c) If he is planning to buy more cows.
(d) If he is planning to hire more workers.

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

3. What is the promise that Mother reminds Father he made to her?
(a) To have more children.
(b) To build her a second barn.
(c) To build a house before their first year of marriage was over.
(d) To build a house sometime during the first ten years of their marriage.

4. What is Mother's attitude after she hears Sammy's response to her second question?
(a) She is happy and says she is glad Father is buying more cows.
(b) She is sad and goes into her room to cry.
(c) She is angry and goes outside so she can find Father and yell at him.
(d) She is angry and says that women are not supposed to complain.

5. What is the best description of the goal that the protagonist accomplishes?
(a) It is rare in the mid-1700s for a husband to see his wife's point of view.
(b) It is rare in modern times for a wife to see her husband's point of view.
(c) It is rare in the mid-1800s for a husband to see his wife's point of view.
(d) It is rare in Ancient times for a wife to see her husband's point of view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best description of the story with regard to the author's writing work?

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

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

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

5. In Section 2, what happens when Father returns to the house?

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