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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father say about Mother's reaction to the house and barn?
(a) It is odd how Mother feels about old barn.
(b) It is odd how Mother feels about the new barn.
(c) It is great how Mother feels about the new barn.
(d) It is odd how Mother feels about the new house.

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

3. From the introduction, what does the reader know about how the secondary characters are going to be affected?
(a) They are going to feel beaten down by the main character's defiance.
(b) They are going win the battle.
(c) They think the main character has lost her mind.
(d) They are going to be affected by the main character's defiance.

4. What does Mother lay out for Father before he has to leave on his trip?
(a) Directions.
(b) Church clothes.
(c) Clean clothes.
(d) Samples of the calico she likes.

5. As the story begins, when does Mother say she will return to the house?
(a) When Father tells her why the minister is there.
(b) When Father tells her to return to the house.
(c) When Sammy arrives home.
(d) When Father tells her why the men are digging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Mother makes her statement after Father leaves the farm?

2. Who watches Father as he embarks on his trip?

3. In Section 4, who asks Mother what she is doing right after the arrival at the farm?

4. Which of the following is the best description of the protagonist?

5. When Nanny hears Mother's answer for why the men are digging, what is her reaction?

(see the answer key)

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