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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By 5:00 on the night of the arrival at the farm, what is the best description of the old house?
(a) It is the same as it was that morning.
(b) It is torn down.
(c) It is empty.
(d) It is messy.

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

4. What is the best description of how Sammy and Nanny feel about Mother as they await their Father's return?
(a) Angry with their Mother for standing up to their Father.
(b) They don't care one way or the other what their mother does.
(c) Irritated with their Mother.
(d) Proud of their Mother for standing up to their Father.

5. When Mother joins him outside after she cleans up the dinner dishes following his return to the farm, what does she notice about Father?
(a) That he is crying.
(b) That he is talking to the minister.
(c) That he is talking to his friends.
(d) That he is moving things back into the old house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sammy respond to Father's confusion after he returns to the farm?

2. What does Father say about Mother's reaction to the house and barn?

3. Where are the men of the town discussing the piece of information that they know following the arrival at the Penn farm?

4. What interferes with Father's plan in Section 3?

5. What is the best description of Father's attitude as he gives the directions about an arrival during his time away from the farm?

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