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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Sammy give Mother that she is unaware of?
(a) He has known that Father plans to build a school.
(b) He has been aware that Father is making a cemetery.
(c) He has been aware that Father plans to build a house.
(d) He has known that Father plans to build a barn.

2. After the interaction with her husband about the men digging is over, what does Mother finally do?
(a) She goes back into the house.
(b) She sits on the ground and cries.
(c) She goes to her friend's house.
(d) She runs after Father.

3. Why does Mother react the way she does to knowing why men are digging in the field?
(a) She is sad because she does not want a hole where they are digging.
(b) She is happy because she wants a hole in the spot they are digging.
(c) She is angry because the new house is supposed to go where the men are digging.
(d) She does not care if there is a new hole.

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

5. When Sammy leaves in Section 2, where does Nanny go?
(a) To school with Sammy.
(b) To the store to buy more thread for her embroidery.
(c) To the store to buy more mincemeat for the pies.
(d) To the neighbor's house with Sammy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Finally, what answer does Father give Mother about why the men are digging in the field?

3. From the introduction, what does the reader know about the main character?

4. What is Mother's description of what Father is doing regarding the family house and barn?

5. What is Father's favorite kind of pie?

(see the answer key)

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