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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Ben.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jack feel about the mules?
(a) He didn't really need them.
(b) He was ashamed of them.
(c) He felt like they were a burden.
(d) He was proud of them.

2. What role did Nancy play in Jack's life?
(a) She reminded him all of the things he did wrong with his life.
(b) She guided him in running the farm.
(c) She was his tutor since he couldn't attend school.
(d) She acted as a substitute mother to him.

3. When did Jack buy his team of mules?
(a) Just after he got married.
(b) Only five years ago.
(c) Long before he every had the family home.
(d) Shortly after he took possession of his family's home.

4. How did Jack's family feel about the Civil War?
(a) They believed strongly in the institution of slavery.
(b) They wanted the South to win because they needed slaves to work their land.
(c) They had little stake in keeping slavery around, but fought to defend the South from the North.
(d) They were vehemently opposed to slavery.

5. What does Jack remember about what occurred on the day after the mules arrived?
(a) One of the mules died.
(b) Jack, Ben, and Mat went for a ride in the countryside.
(c) Ben and Mat got in a fight.
(d) Jack and Ben went for a ride into town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about Jasper Lathrope's store?

2. How does Mat describe his relationship with Jack?

3. What happens when Jack sees Mat in the store?

4. At the very start of the novel, to what is Jack listening?

5. What were Jack's thoughts about Ben the first time that he met him?

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