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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack notice as he takes a long sip from his drink during lunch?
(a) Phoebe looks like she wants to scream at Jack.
(b) Phoebe looks like she wants to say something.
(c) Phoebe looks like she wants to run away.
(d) Phoebe looks like she wants to cry.

2. What does Jack see as he starts up the tractor after lunch to go back to work?
(a) Phoebe turns and waves to him.
(b) His mother standing in the doorway of the kitchen waving to him.
(c) Phoebe runs back to give him a hug.
(d) The other men all sit and have a smoke.

3. When Jack's father is gone for days, who takes over the work of the farm?
(a) Jack and his uncles, nieghbors or cousins.
(b) Jack and hired help.
(c) Jack alone.
(d) Jack and his friends.

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

5. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?
(a) He grinds his teeth.
(b) He stomps his feet and screams.
(c) He pounds his fist on his head.
(d) He waves his hands at the sky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Jack's father blame for his son's death?

3. How much time has passed between David's death and harvest time in the fields?

4. What does Phoebe ask Jack as he begins his lunch?

5. What month is it when Jack sits under the tree with Phoebe and has lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack ask Yegudkin after he plays, and how does the teacher respond?

2. Now that his father is home to stay, what does Jack with his free time. Why?

3. How does Jack react when his father reads Jack's poems in public? Why does he feel the way he does about his father's poetry readings?

4. Jack begins to play the French horn in earnest. Why does he do this? Where does he practice?

5. In this story, Jack and Phoebe have very traditional roles. What are the roles each play?

6. When Jack leaves his lesson with Yegudkin, where does he go?

7. When Jack first opens the door and sees his family gathered around his father, his aunt says to him, "It's all over. Your father is home." What does she mean by this?

8. Who is involved in the accident and how old are they? Why is the accident seem particularly difficult for the two surviving children?

9. How does Jack react every time he relives the image of his brother David being crushed by the cultipacker?

10. How do Jack's family and his mother's friends view his passionate interest in his horn? Are they concerned? Why?

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