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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After some bantering between Mother and Father, what occurs?
(a) Father walks away.
(b) Father talks to Mother right away.
(c) Mother demands that Father come talk to her.
(d) Father goes into the house and eats some pie.

2. How does Mother cope with Sammy's information?
(a) She thinks deep thoughts.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She becomes angry.
(d) She gossips with her friends.

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

4. From the introduction, how does the reader know that the protagonist will defy social convention?
(a) She goes against her husband's will.
(b) She goes against her daughter's will.
(c) He goes against his children's will.
(d) He goes against his wife's will.

5. How does Sammy finally respond to Mother's second question?
(a) Sammy continues to ignore his mother, despite the scolding.
(b) He says that Father plans to buy more cows.
(c) He says that Father is not planning to buy more cows.
(d) Sammy decide to go find his father to deal with this situation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What reason does Mother give Father for needing improvements on the farm?

4. As Mother remembers the promise that Father made to her, which of the following best describes her demeanor?

5. What has Nanny Penn been doing during her parents' discussion about men digging in the field?

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