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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack become aware of about himself as he sits under the tree with Phoebe?
(a) HIs physical condition after a morning's work in the field.
(b) His continued torment over his brother's death.
(c) His loneliness and alienation.
(d) His anger toward his sister.

2. Where on the farm does Jack work with his uncles?
(a) In the dairy barn with the cows.
(b) In the silo shoveling grain.
(c) In the fields with the tractors.
(d) In the back forty with the cultipacker.

3. Since his return home, what about Dale's public readings does Jack disdain?
(a) He believes his father is being dishonest with people.
(b) He dislikes the way his father creates fake accents when reading.
(c) He scorns the poems and the way his father speaks to the listeners.
(d) He thinks his father is faking just to get attention.

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

5. What is Phoebe's job after everyone has finished with lunch?
(a) To fill the basket with dirty laundry and bring it home.
(b) To pick up everything, put it all in the basket, and bring the basket home.
(c) To leave the basket and the leftovers for Jack to bring back later.
(d) To pick up everything, throw it away, and go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Phoebe doing during the homecoming?

2. How does Jack react to the answer Yegudkin gives him after playing the horn for his student?

3. For what is Dale Hawthorne well-known in his town?

4. When Jack enters his home after riding the tractor home in the thunderstorm, how does he behave?

5. How does Yegudkin's wife survive their ordeal?

(see the answer key)

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