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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Jack play in the orchestra?
(a) Third chair French horn.
(b) First chair French horn.
(c) Second chair French horn.
(d) Fourth chair French horn.

2. How does Jack feel about his mother and sister's reactions to Dale's readings in public?
(a) He dislikes how rude they are in church.
(b) He dislikes all of the attention they give Dale.
(c) He dislikes how they smile, cry, and lift their heads.
(d) He dislikes how they are faking their tears.

3. What does Jack notice about his sister as she is laying out the food?
(a) She is falling asleep from exhaustion.
(b) She is weak with hunger.
(c) She is smiling and acting like she is playing house.
(d) She is crying and very unhappy.

4. What do his co-workers accept about Dale Hawthorne since his son has died?
(a) His father's drinking.
(b) His father's refusal to work during harvest.
(c) HIs father's ways of handling his brother's death.
(d) His father's death.

5. To whom does Jack confide in and tell his tractor stories?
(a) His cousin.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) No one.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Phoebe when we see her bringing lunch to her brother Jack?

2. Since his father has returned home, what does Jack do late at night?

3. What does Jack notice about his father since his return home?

4. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?

5. When Jack is on the tractor and a storm begins, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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