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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of the goal that the protagonist accomplishes?
(a) It is rare in the mid-1700s for a husband to see his wife's point of view.
(b) It is rare in Ancient times for a wife to see her husband's point of view.
(c) It is rare in the mid-1800s for a husband to see his wife's point of view.
(d) It is rare in modern times for a wife to see her husband's point of view.

2. At first, how does Sammy respond to Mother's second question?
(a) By answering her.
(b) By ignoring her.
(c) By storming out of the house.
(d) By yelling at her.

3. What, specifically, does Mother do all day in Section 2?
(a) Sleeps all day and all night.
(b) Buys things that she needs for her new house.
(c) Cleans house and bakes pies.
(d) Works cattle.

4. What does Nanny do as Mother copes with Sammy's information?
(a) Works on embroidery for her fall wedding.
(b) Helps Sammy out on the farm.
(c) Cleans the house while her mother is in town.
(d) Bakes pies so her mother can sleep.

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

6. What is the reason given in the introduction for the protagonist's actions?
(a) To meet the deep-felt need of his children.
(b) To meet the deep-felt need of her husband.
(c) To meet her own deep-felt need.
(d) To meet the deep-felt need of his friends.

7. From the introduction, how does the reader know that the protagonist will defy social convention?
(a) She goes against her husband's will.
(b) He goes against his wife's will.
(c) She goes against her daughter's will.
(d) He goes against his children's will.

8. What is the best description of the current state of the barn that exists on the farm?
(a) Terrible condition, similar to the state of the house.
(b) Terrible condition, and animals are in danger of being hurt.
(c) Fine condition for the animals, but the house is in better condition than the barn.
(d) Fine condition for the animals and better condition than their house.

9. 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 does not care if there is a new hole.
(d) She is angry because the new house is supposed to go where the men are digging.

10. Why is "The Revolt of 'Mother'" typical of this author's writing?
(a) The story provides a look at a woman and her interactions with husband and children.
(b) The story provides a look at a child and his interactions with his mother.
(c) The story provides a look at a woman and her interactions with friends.
(d) The story provides a look at a husband and his interactions with friends.

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

12. When Nanny hears Mother's answer for why the men are digging, what is her reaction?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Anger.
(d) Happiness.

13. What has Nanny Penn been doing during her parents' discussion about men digging in the field?
(a) Watching her brother work.
(b) Working on her needlepoint.
(c) Spying on her parents' discussion.
(d) Watching the men dig in the field.

14. What is Mother's description of what Father is doing regarding the family house and barn?
(a) Providing well for his family.
(b) Not lodging his "dumb beasts" very well.
(c) Lodging his "dumb beasts" better than his flesh and blood.
(d) Not providing well for his family.

15. 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 her a second barn.
(c) To build a house before their first year of marriage was over.
(d) To have more children.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the interaction with her husband about the men digging is over, what does Mother finally do?

2. Who is the main female character?

3. Which of the following makes "The Revolt of 'Mother'" atypical of the author's usual writing style?

4. After Mother asks Sammy the question, what does she do to Sammy?

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

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