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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week is Father expected to return to the farm?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

2. Why do Mother and her visitor remain where they have their discussion?
(a) Because Mother won't let the visitor in.
(b) Because Nanny has visitors.
(c) Because the visitor will not come ino the house when Adonriam isn't home.
(d) Because Mother has visitors.

3. To whom does Mother make a statement after Father leaves the farm?
(a) The minister.
(b) Nanny.
(c) The hired help.
(d) Sammy.

4. What is the best description of Nanny and Sammy during Mother's efforts in the aftermath of the arrival at the farm?
(a) They do as she instructs without questioning.
(b) They do as they are told but question Mother about it.
(c) They begrudingly do as she instructs.
(d) They refuse to do as she instructes.

5. Which of the following details does Mother do for Father before he embarks on his trip?
(a) She buttons his collar.
(b) She puts on his shoes.
(c) She puts on his jacket.
(d) She harnesses the horse.

6. When is the new construction on the farm finished?
(a) In a long time.
(b) Shortly.
(c) In a year.
(d) In a week.

7. What does Mother do after Father leaves on his trip?
(a) She whines.
(b) She rests.
(c) She works.
(d) She cries.

8. Where does Sammy take the horse after his father's return to the farm?
(a) To the neighbor's house.
(b) To the new barn.
(c) To the old barn.
(d) To the old house.

9. What is the best description of how Sammy and Nanny feel toward Father as they await his return?
(a) They don't care how their father is going to react.
(b) Aware of what their father's reaction is going to be.
(c) Anxious about his reaction to their mother's decision.
(d) Happy that their father is going to be angry.

10. As Mother reacts to the arrival at the farm, who is watching her?
(a) Father and Sammy.
(b) Sammy and Nanny.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) The field workers.

11. By the day after the arrival at the farm, what information do the townspeople know?
(a) Father will not build Mother a new house.
(b) Mother has moved into the new barn.
(c) Mother is livid.
(d) Father will build Mother a new barn for their new cows.

12. In Section 3, to whom does Father say something about Mother's reaction to the house and barn?
(a) His brother-in-law.
(b) Sammy.
(c) The minister.
(d) Nanny.

13. Mother hands something to Father just before he leaves the farm. What is it?
(a) A packed lunch.
(b) A kiss.
(c) Enough food to last four days.
(d) A pat on the shoulder.

14. What does Mother say to Father as he leaves on his trip away from the farm?
(a) She tells him not to come back until he agrees to build the barn.
(b) She bids him farewell.
(c) She say to give her brother her regards.
(d) She says she loves him.

15. What do some of the people think about the gossip news in Section 4?
(a) They fear Mother.
(b) They think Mother has lost her mind.
(c) They admire Mother.
(d) They think Mother is amazing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother tell Sammy to do following the arrival at the farm?

2. What is the best description of Nanny as she awaits Father's return to the farm?

3. What is the description of Mother's efforts during the scene following the arrival at the farm?

4. What does Father wonder as he looks at his family following his return to the farm?

5. What does Father tell Mother at the end of the story what he will do to the barn?

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