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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jack tell the girls of his made-up stories?
(a) He confides in them about his anger at this father.
(b) He confesses to his desire to run away.
(c) He confesses his worthlessness and names his faults.
(d) He confides in them his fears about his sister.

3. After the accident, what are the themes of Jack's stories?
(a) Super heroes and world domination.
(b) Self-sacrifice and redemption.
(c) Murder and kidnapping.
(d) Running away to desert islands.

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

5. How does Jack's mother deal with her grief outwardly?
(a) By playing cards with friends.
(b) By refusing to speak to her husband.
(c) By crying nightly with the children.
(d) By eating herself into a state of being overweight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the Hawthorne farm from the nearest house?

2. What does Jack do while riding on the tractor?

3. What does Jack's father struggle with about his religious beliefs?

4. What finally ruins Jack's fantasy stories when he is driving the tractor in the field?

5. What is Jack indignant about when he is in the kitchen?

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