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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack realize he is doing as he gets close to his father?
(a) He is crying like his father.
(b) He is looking at Phoebe.
(c) He is smiling at his mother.
(d) He is staggering to the couch.

2. What bus does Jack take to his music lessons?
(a) The Greenbus.
(b) The Express.
(c) The Bluebue.
(d) The Newark Express.

3. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?
(a) The day has begun to cool down.
(b) There are birds singing in the trees.
(c) There are clouds in the sky predicting rain.
(d) It is a breezeless, insect-ridden heat.

4. Since his father has returned home, what does Jack do late at night?
(a) He takes his father's motorcycle and rides into town.
(b) He goes up to the haymow or the orchard and plays his horn.
(c) He dreams of joining the army.
(d) He calls his old school friends on the phone.

5. A few nights after his lunch with Phoebe, what does Jack notice when he comes into the kitchen after work one evening?
(a) The house is unusually quiet.
(b) His mother is asleep on the couch.
(c) All of the lights are on.
(d) His sister is practicing her piano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?

2. What is Phoebe's job after everyone has finished with lunch?

3. What does Jack use to push the manure in the barn into the gutters?

4. What happens to Jack when he has painful thoughts on the tractor?

5. Who is working and helping to harvest the fields with Jack?

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