View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nanny's confusion regarding the reason to why men are digging in the field center upon?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) Another barn.
(c) A new house.
(d) A ditch.

2. Who is the author of this story?
(a) Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Charlotte Bronte.
(d) Beatrix Potter.

3. In Section 2, what happens when Father returns to the house?
(a) Sammy helps to build a house.
(b) The family eats.
(c) The family fights.
(d) Mother helps to build a barn.

4. From the introduction, what does the reader know about the main character?
(a) The main character will attack his minister.
(b) The the main character will have his children go against his wife.
(c) The main character will attack her husband.
(d) The main character will become engrossed in her relationships with her family.

5. When Nanny sees Mother after she has spoken with Father about the digging, what does Nanny ask about?
(a) When her brother can get married.
(b) When she can get married.
(c) What the men are digging for.
(d) Where her father went.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best description of the new barn by 5:00 on the evening of the arrival at the farm?

2. In Section 3, to whom does Father say something about Mother's reaction to the house and barn?

3. Whom does Father say should help with the arrival at the farm while he is gone on his trip?

4. How does Father respond to Mother's delay in returning to the house?

5. What does Mother do after Father leaves on his trip?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 320 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample