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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Mother observes Father's response to her questions following their bantering, what does Mother do?
(a) She cries.
(b) She keeps on talking to him.
(c) She throws a pie at him.
(d) She walks back to the house.

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

3. 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.

4. 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 her own deep-felt need.
(c) To meet the deep-felt need of her husband.
(d) To meet the deep-felt need of his friends.

5. After Father goes back into the field to work following their discussion about the state of the house and barn, what does Mother do?
(a) She goes into town.
(b) She picks up Nanny's embroidery.
(c) She rolls out cotton to make shirts for Father.
(d) She makes some pies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanny's confusion regarding the reason to why men are digging in the field center upon?

2. What is the best description of the story with regard to the author's writing work?

3. How does Father respond to Mother's reaction toward why the men are digging in the field?

4. What is Mother's reaction to why the men are digging?

5. Once the bantering between Mother and Father is over, what does Mother ask?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reason for Mother's response to Father's final answer regarding the digging?

2. Describe Nanny's reaction to her Mother's news about the location of the digging.

3. How are Nanny and Sammy feeling as their father returns from his trip?

4. Why is the decision that Mother makes during Father's absence so shocking in the context of this story?

5. What does each of the family members do after Father comes in from his work?

6. Describe Father's attitude as he gives Mother the instructions before he leaves on his trip.

7. What instructions does Father give to Mother before he leaves on his trip?

8. Toward the end of her confrontation with Father, what does Mother say in anger to try to convince Father that he is wrong to build a barn?

9. Why does Father need to go out of town unexpectedly, and whom is he going to see?

10. What occurs after the minister leaves?

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