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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mother react the way she does to knowing why men are digging in the field?
(a) She is angry because the new house is supposed to go where the men are digging.
(b) She does not care if there is a new hole.
(c) She is happy because she wants a hole in the spot they are digging.
(d) She is sad because she does not want a hole where they are digging.

2. The person who asks mother what she's doing in Section 4 begins to ______ while asking her question.
(a) Shake.
(b) Cry.
(c) Help mother.
(d) Laugh.

3. Once the children leave the house, what does Mother do?
(a) She helps the men dig in the field.
(b) She asks to speak to Father for a minute.
(c) She goes back to town.
(d) She makes more pies.

4. When Nanny returns to the house, what does she tell her mother?
(a) She is glad Father is building a new house for them.
(b) She is ashamed to get married in their house.
(c) She has decided not to get married.
(d) She can't wait to get married in her fiance's house.

5. In Section 2, where does Nanny suggest that she be married?
(a) In their current house and be happy.
(b) In her fiance's house.
(c) In the new barn.
(d) At a friend's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father respond to Mother's delay in returning to the house?

2. What is Mother's attitude after she hears Sammy's response to her second question?

3. How does the author describe Mother in the scene following the arrival at the farm?

4. What reason does Mother give Father for needing improvements on the farm?

5. When Sammy leaves in Section 2, where does Nanny go?

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