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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. What is Mother's attitude after she hears Sammy's response to her second question?
(a) She is happy and says she is glad Father is buying more cows.
(b) She is sad and goes into her room to cry.
(c) She is angry and says that women are not supposed to complain.
(d) She is angry and goes outside so she can find Father and yell at him.

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

3. From the introduction, what does the reader know about how the secondary characters are going to be affected?
(a) They are going to feel beaten down by the main character's defiance.
(b) They are going to be affected by the main character's defiance.
(c) They think the main character has lost her mind.
(d) They are going win the battle.

4. As the story begins, when does Mother say she will return to the house?
(a) When Father tells her why the men are digging.
(b) When Father tells her why the minister is there.
(c) When Father tells her to return to the house.
(d) When Sammy arrives home.

5. What is Mother's response to Nanny's suggestion of where she be married?
(a) She is startled.
(b) She thinks it is a fabulous idea.
(c) She screams at Nanny for such a ridiculous idea.
(d) Starts to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. After speaking outside with Father about the men digging, to where does Mother look?

2. What is the second thing Mother asks of Father once the bantering is over?

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

4. What is Father's response to Mother's questions and descriptions of the house and barn?

5. What is the second question Mother asks Sammy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the minister's reaction to his conversation with Mother?

2. What is the scene and what is said when Father opens the barn doors after arriving home from his trip?

3. At the end of the day that Mother implements the decision she makes in Father's absense, what is the condition of the new barn and the old house?

4. What is the scene at the dinner table after Mother tells Father where they will live from now on?

5. Explain what Mother does as Father leaves on his trip.

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

7. What happens at the end of the story to let the reader know the conclusion?

8. What does Mother remind Father of when she tries to convince him that they need a new house and not a new barn?

9. Describe Mother's attitude and what she does after Father leaves on the trip.

10. There is one point in the story when Father discusses Mother's reaction about building a new barn with Sammy. Describe what Father says to Sammy about Mother.

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