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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After speaking outside with Father about the men digging, to where does Mother look?
(a) From the spot of the new barn to her existing house.
(b) From the old barn to the new barn and wonders why they need a new barn.
(c) At the site of the barn and realizes Father is correct.
(d) To her friend's house, which is much larger than her house.

2. Which of the following details does Mother do for Father before he embarks on his trip?
(a) She puts on his shoes.
(b) She puts on his jacket.
(c) She buttons his collar.
(d) She harnesses the horse.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Mother make a statement after Father leaves the farm?

2. What does Nanny do as Mother copes with Sammy's information?

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

4. Based on the statement Mother makes after Father leaves, what does Mother believe she has in his absence?

5. How does Mother cope with Sammy's information?

(see the answer key)

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