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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Father answers Mother's question about what they are digging for, what is his response?
(a) He is building a new house.
(b) He wishes she would go into the house and tend to her own affairs.
(c) He is building a new barn.
(d) He wishes she would go build a new house herself.

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

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

4. How does Mother describe their house to Father?
(a) New wallpaper, new carpet, a lot of storage, and three rooms.
(b) Old wallpaper, no carpet, no storage, and two rooms.
(c) New wallpaper, new carpet, no storage, and several rooms.
(d) Old wallpaper, no carpet, no storage, and only one room.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the main female character?

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

4. What is Father's response to Mother's questions and descriptions of the house and barn?

5. After she voices her opinion on the state of the house and barn, what is Mother's reaction to Father's response?

(see the answer key)

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