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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the best description of the story with regard to the author's writing work?
(a) It is the author's best known work.
(b) It is the story that the author loved to write.
(c) It is the author's least known work.
(d) It the story that the author hated to write.

3. 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) Throws him out of the house.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Scolds him.

4. For how long has Sammy been aware of the new information he gives Mother?
(a) For three weeks.
(b) For six weeks.
(c) For three months.
(d) For six months.

5. 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) The cellar for a new house.
(c) A grave.
(d) A cellar for a new barn.

6. After she voices her opinion on the state of the house and barn, what is Mother's reaction to Father's response?
(a) She is silent.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is content.
(d) She is extremely angry.

7. Which of the following best describes Nanny's logic behind her confusion regarding the digging?
(a) A ditch is not nececssary because there is a river down the road.
(b) Another house is unnecessary when the one in which they live is in such good condition.
(c) A family cemetery is not needed when everyone is healthy and young.
(d) Another barn in unnecessary when their house is in such poor condition.

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

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

10. What does the protagonist NOT defy?
(a) Her husband's concept of what is morally right.
(b) His children's concept of what is morally right.
(c) His friends' concept of what is morally right.
(d) Her own concept of what is morally right.

11. Which of the following makes "The Revolt of 'Mother'" atypical of the author's usual writing style?
(a) Social convention is upheld.
(b) Social convention is heralded.
(c) Social convention is scoffed at.
(d) Social convention is defied.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sammy do after Mother asks him her question?

2. When Mother is talking to Father about their house, what is it that she cannot comprehend?

3. How many years ago did Father make a promise to Mother?

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

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

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