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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?
(a) Jack gets very angry and yells at his father.
(b) Jack stands up and leaves.
(c) Jack applauds loudly.
(d) Jack gets very angry, but does not speak.

2. When Jack is on the tractor and a storm begins, what does he do?
(a) Gets off and sits under a tree.
(b) Rides to the edge of the field and waits for the storm to be over.
(c) Goes to the barn and takes a nap.
(d) Drives home like a dog in flight.

3. What does Jack to do avoid family togetherness since his father's return?
(a) He reads about foreign travels.
(b) He leaves on his father's motorcycle.
(c) He spends all his time locked in his room.
(d) He plays his French horn.

4. What does Phoebe ask Jack as he begins his lunch?
(a) If he needs more to drink.
(b) If he wants a napkin.
(c) If he wants to join the others.
(d) If he wants to say grace.

5. While riding on the tractor, what things does Jack say about himself to himself?
(a) He is guilty but feels better each day.
(b) He is almost a teeneager and has his whole life ahead of him.
(c) He is spiritually defective and evil.
(d) He should never have been driving the tractor in the first place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jack when he has painful thoughts on the tractor?

2. What are Jack's chores after the accident?

3. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?

4. How does Jack feel about his mother and sister's reactions to Dale's readings in public?

5. How does Jack come to feel about his raging on the tractor?

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