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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Father's favorite kind of pie?
(a) Lemon.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Strawberry.
(d) Mincemeat.

2. After Sammy's response to Mother's second question, what happens?
(a) Mother scolds Sammy.
(b) Mother tells Sammy to eat his food.
(c) Mother tells Sammy to leave the house.
(d) Nanny tells Sammy to go find his father.

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

4. After Mother asks Sammy the question, what does she do to Sammy?
(a) Makes him stand in the corner until his father arrives home.
(b) Hugs him.
(c) Scolds him.
(d) Throws him out of the house.

5. What is Mother's reaction to why the men are digging?
(a) She does not care one way or the other.
(b) She is very happy.
(c) She is very angry.
(d) She is very sad.

6. Once the bantering between Mother and Father is over, what does Mother ask?
(a) Why Father is building another cemetery.
(b) Why Father is building another house.
(c) Why Father is buying another horse.
(d) Why Father is building another barn.

7. What reason does Mother give Father for needing improvements on the farm?
(a) They need a new barn so they can have more animals and make more money.
(b) Nanny needs a new home in which to get married.
(c) They need a new home so they can have more children.
(d) Sammy needs a new home in which to get married.

8. From the introduction, what does the reader know about how the secondary characters are going to be affected?
(a) They are going to be affected 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 feel beaten down by the main character's defiance.

9. Which of the following is the best description of the protagonist?
(a) A female who defies social convention.
(b) A male who defies social convention.
(c) A male who upholds social convention at all costs.
(d) A female who upholds social convention at all costs.

10. What is the second question Mother asks Sammy?
(a) Is Father planning to build a new house?
(b) Is Father planning to purchase additional cows?
(c) Is Father planning to go into town?
(d) Is Father planning to sell their livestock?

11. In Section 2, where does Nanny suggest that she be married?
(a) In the new barn.
(b) In their current house and be happy.
(c) At a friend's house.
(d) In her fiance's house.

12. 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 is not planning to buy more cows.
(c) Sammy continues to ignore his mother, despite the scolding.
(d) He says that Father plans to buy more cows.

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

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

15. What does the introduction to "The Revolt of 'Mother'" provide to readers?
(a) An anticipation as to what is coming in the story.
(b) The conclusion to the story.
(c) An analysis of the story.
(d) Nothing about the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, specifically, does Mother do all day in Section 2?

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

3. After Father goes back into the field to work following their discussion about the state of the house and barn, what does Mother do?

4. What does the protagonist NOT defy?

5. Mother's attitude changes after Sammy provides her with information. What is the best description of this changed attitude?

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