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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mother asks Father to say a blessing before the meal, what does he do?
(a) Asks Sammy to do it.
(b) Offers a beautiful prayer.
(c) Mumbles something.
(d) Stays silent.

2. What is the best description of Father's attitude as he gives the directions about an arrival during his time away from the farm?
(a) Remorseful.
(b) Apologetic.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Proud.

3. After Mother's reaction to the arrival at the farm, what does she do?
(a) Starts to cry again.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Resumes cleaning the house.
(d) Packs up plates, cups, and saucers.

4. Who stands in front of whom when Father arrives home after his return?
(a) Sammy stands in front of Mother and Nanny.
(b) Nanny stands in front of Sammy and Mother.
(c) The minister stands in front of Mother and the children.
(d) Mother stands in front of Nanny and Sammy.

5. What does Mother tell her visitor?
(a) She says that there is no use talking her out of it.
(b) She says that the situation is none of the visitor's business.
(c) She says that she and Father discussed it.
(d) She says that everything is going to be okay.

6. What is Mother's response when she is questioned about her actions following the arrival at the farm?
(a) She tells them to mind their own business.
(b) She says she is leaving the farm.
(c) She says they will find out soon enough what she is doing.
(d) She tells them what she is doing.

7. As Father approaches the farm after his trip, what are Nanny and Sammy doing?
(a) Making supper.
(b) Peering out the window.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Studying at school.

8. What is Father's reaction when he hears what Sammy has to say after his return to the farm?
(a) He wonders if Mother is mad.
(b) He wonders if Nanny is still getting married.
(c) He wants to know what it all means.
(d) He asks when dinner will be ready.

9. 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.

10. Based on the statement that Mother makes to Nanny after Father leaves the farm, from whom is she receiving direction for her thoughts?
(a) Her husband.
(b) God.
(c) Her minister.
(d) Her children.

11. How does Sammy respond to Father's confusion after he returns to the farm?
(a) He tells Father that they are going to live in the barn from now on.
(b) He tells Father that Nanny made him move from the house to the barn.
(c) He tells Father that they are going to live in the barn until the new house is built.
(d) He tells Father that Mother has made a terrible mistake.

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

13. What does Father tell Mother at the end of the story what he will do to the barn?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He says he is moving the animals in there and they will have to move back into the house.
(c) Anything she wants.
(d) Whatever Nanny wants.

14. What does Father tell Mother might arrive while he is gone?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Hay.
(c) Cows.
(d) Calico.

15. Describe the harness room of the new barn as it is in Section 4.
(a) It is still the harness room.
(b) It is a hay mow.
(c) It is a bedroom.
(d) It is the new kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father's plan for the new construction?

2. What explanation does Mother give Father as to why she moved them into the new barn?

3. In Section 5, what does Mother tell Father about the old house?

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

5. What is the best description of Mother as she waits for Father's return to the farm?

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