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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Jack respond to Phoebe's question at the beginning of lunch?
2. When does Jack feel almost happy and content?
3. What recitation of his father's does Jack recall as he suffers his anger and grief?
4. What does Jack see as he starts up the tractor after lunch to go back to work?
5. What musical instrument does Jack's mother force on him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the ways Dale Hawthorne deals with his grief over the death of his son? What comment does the narrator make as to people's opinion of Hawthorne's behavior?
2. What conclusion does Jack come to about himself after realizing he does not love people as well as he should? How does he react to his own conclusions?
3. Jack has a nightly routine upon entering the house. What is that routine? What seems different to him on this evening?
4. When Dale Hawthorne returns home after his three week absence, he does not leave again. What does he do to occupy his time? What does he do when he becomes restless?
5. What does Jack ask Yegudkin after he plays, and how does the teacher respond?
6. With whom does Jack begin studying French horn? What information are we given about this teacher in this section? Where does he teach?
7. How does Jack's house compare to his work? What senses are aroused at home? What senses are aroused when he is out on the tractor? Why does Jack feel so uncomfortable in his home?
8. How does Jack Hawthorne spend much of his time after the accidental death of his brother? What does he do during those activities?
9. How does Jack respond to Yegudkin's performance on the French horn? How is the performance described?
10. How does Jack react every time he relives the image of his brother David being crushed by the cultipacker?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator compares Jack working out his feeling while he works on the farm to acting on a stage. What is Jack's stage? What is his performance? Who is his audience?
Essay Topic 2
Based on the various pieces of information and historical references, approximately when does this story take place? Justify your answer.
Essay Topic 3
When Jack asks Yegudkin, "You think I'll ever play like that?" Yegudkin laughs loudly and says, "Play like me?" What does Yegudkin mean by his reply, and how does it affect Jack?
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