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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another thing Dale begins doing after being home for a month?
(a) He takes up the guitar.
(b) He begins to rebuild the barn.
(c) He reads from the Bible at the Grange.
(d) He reads from the Bible at church.

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

3. What is the difference in Jack's stories before and after the accident?
(a) Before they were of conquest; after they are of guilt.
(b) Before they are of superheroes; after they are of monsters.
(c) Before they are of Attica prison breaks; after they are of movie stars.
(d) Before they are of people; after they are of cows and horses.

4. What does Jack use each night to take off his boots?
(a) A bootjack.
(b) A crowbar.
(c) His hands.
(d) He just slides out of them.

5. How old is the character who accidentally kills the child?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of things does Jack's mother insist her children do?

2. How does Jack feel as he nears the homecoming scene?

3. How does the narrator describe Jack's father before the accident?

4. How does the narrator describe Jack's mother before the accident?

5. When Jack stops for lunch after driving the tractor in the fields all morning, where does he sit?

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