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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Phoebe doing in the kitchen when Jack comes in?
(a) Scrubbing the sink.
(b) Making cakes.
(c) Mopping the floor.
(d) Making chicken salad.

2. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?
(a) Heroic battles with escaped convicts.
(b) Becoming a superhero.
(c) Being a football player in college.
(d) Joining the police force and fighting criminals.

3. What is Jack indignant about when he is in the kitchen?
(a) Everyone pretending eveything is ok.
(b) He is the only one working this hard.
(c) Everyone talking too loudly.
(d) HIs mother is eating again.

4. For what is Dale Hawthorne well-known in his town?
(a) His drunken fights.
(b) His prize winning cows.
(c) His poetry and his poetry readings.
(d) His drinking.

5. How old is the youngest child at the time of the accident?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the only reason Jack's father does not make good on his motorcycle fantasies?

4. How does Jack's mother deal with her grief outwardly?

5. In Dale's story, whose skull is Lord Byron trying to make into a drinking cup?

(see the answer key)

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