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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?
(a) He replays the accident scene again and again.
(b) He worries about his mother.
(c) He dreams of better times with his family.
(d) He plans his escape from his family.

2. What sound does Jack remember from the accident?
(a) The crack of his brother's skull.
(b) The thunder following the lightening strike.
(c) His sister's scream.
(d) The sound of heavy equipment.

3. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?
(a) A schoolgirl named Margaret and his cousin, Linda.
(b) His mother and his sister, Phoebe.
(c) His sister and his French horn teacher.
(d) His teacher and a schoolgirl named Margaret.

4. How does Jack come to feel about his raging on the tractor?
(a) Hopeful of becoming an actor.
(b) Happy that he is so much like his father.
(c) Proud.
(d) Ashamed.

5. How far is the Hawthorne farm from the nearest house?
(a) One mile.
(b) Five miles.
(c) Two miles.
(d) Half a mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phoebe doing in the kitchen when Jack comes in?

2. What is Jack referring to when he says "it was what life ought to be, what he'd once believed it was."?

3. On what does Jack concentrate in order to regain his composure after his painful thoughts?

4. When Jack approaches the berry bushes, what does he notice escaping from them?

5. What kind of man is Jack's father?

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