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

2. What is the best description of Mother's assessment of her own attitude toward their house?
(a) She knows she has always complained about the house, and she does not understand why Father won't listen.
(b) She has never complained about their house.
(c) She loves her house but that it is Nanny who complains about it.
(d) She loves their house.

3. Of the following, what is the most accurate description of "The Revolt of 'Mother'"?
(a) It is frightening.
(b) It is sad.
(c) It is not typical of the author's writing.
(d) It is typical of the author's writing.

4. Finally, what answer does Father give Mother about why the men are digging in the field?
(a) They are digging a field for the new cows.
(b) They are digging a ditch so that water can reach the crops.
(c) They are digging a cellar for the new barn.
(d) They are digging a cellar for the new house.

5. Why does Mother react the way she does to knowing why men are digging in the field?
(a) She is happy because she wants a hole in the spot they are digging.
(b) She is sad because she does not want a hole where they are digging.
(c) She is angry because the new house is supposed to go where the men are digging.
(d) She does not care if there is a new hole.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nanny do as Mother copes with Sammy's information?

3. Which of the following makes "The Revolt of 'Mother'" atypical of the author's usual writing style?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother do all day as she processes this new information about why the men are digging outside? Describe her attitude, and give reasons to support your answer.

2. What does Mother say to Sammy and Nanny after the hay cart arrives and she is back in the house?

3. What does the introduction do for the reader?

4. Describe what Mother is watching as the story opens and what the interaction is between her husband and her.

5. When the hay cart arrives while Father is on his trip, what does Mother do?

6. What occurs after the minister leaves?

7. How does Mother view the location of the new barn and her existing house?

8. What does Mother do following Father's return home to let him know that this is how things are going to be from now on?

9. What occurs with the townspeople the day after the move?

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

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