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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jack when he is making up his stories?
(a) Sitting in his bed at night.
(b) In the shower.
(c) Milking the cows.
(d) Riding on the tractor at work.

2. What is one habit Jack's father takes up after the accident?
(a) Drinking beer all day.
(b) Chain smoking Lucky Strikes.
(c) Talking in his sleep.
(d) Eating constantly.

3. For what does Jack's father often abandon his wife and children?
(a) Drinking binges.
(b) Camping in the Rockies.
(c) Trips to the city to gamble.
(d) Love affairs with other women.

4. What is it that makes Jack crazy once his good feelings wear off?
(a) The stupidity of the cows.
(b) The fact that his father is gone.
(c) The amount of work to do on the farm.
(d) The lack of rain.

5. How does Jack's mother comfort him and his sibling?
(a) By telling them the accident was not their fault.
(b) By reading the Bible to them nightly.
(c) By embracing them and giving constant praise and reassurance.
(d) By taking them on long drives.

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

7. What is in the basket Phoebe brings to Jack?
(a) Chicken, rolls, celery and salt.
(b) Tuna, bread and cookies.
(c) Chicken, biscuits, carrots and ranch dip.
(d) Ham sandwiches and fresh fruit.

8. What are Jack's chores after the accident?
(a) He collects the eggs.
(b) He works the farm land and equipment.
(c) He paints the barn.
(d) He runs errands.

9. Where does Jack sometimes find his father after the accident?
(a) Lying on the couch watching tv.
(b) Lying in bed drinking.
(c) Lying on the cow-barn floor crying.
(d) Lyning in the hammock in the back field.

10. At the time of the harvest, how long has Jack's father been gone?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three months.

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

12. How does Jack behave toward his father and his uncles while working?
(a) He is angry and yelling.
(b) He is quiet and aloof.
(c) He is funny and entertaining.
(d) He is bored and disinterested.

13. How does Jack come to feel about his raging on the tractor?
(a) Proud.
(b) Hopeful of becoming an actor.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Happy that he is so much like his father.

14. What is one thing Jack's father thinks about when riding his motorcycle?
(a) Committing suicide.
(b) Selling the farm and moving away.
(c) Committing murder.
(d) Leaving his wife and family for another woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack drink from the thermos Phoebe brings him?

2. Who are the heroines of Jack's stories?

3. How old is the youngest child at the time of the accident?

4. What do the men talk about while they are at the feed store?

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

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