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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of Mother's assessment of her own attitude toward their house?
(a) She knows she has always complained about the house, and she does not understand why Father won't listen.
(b) She has never complained about their house.
(c) She loves her house but that it is Nanny who complains about it.
(d) She loves their house.

2. What is the best description of the story with regard to the author's writing work?
(a) It is the author's least known work.
(b) It is the author's best known work.
(c) It is the story that the author loved to write.
(d) It the story that the author hated to write.

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

4. How does Father respond to Mother's two questions following the bantering scene?
(a) He says he will do whatever he pleases.
(b) He storms away.
(c) He refuses to answer the questions.
(d) He says that they need more livestock.

5. Considering the statement Mother makes after Father leaves the farm, to where does Mother believe their family is headed?
(a) To times of blessing.
(b) On a new road of life.
(c) To better obedience from the children.
(d) To happier times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Father's plan for the new construction?

2. What is Father's favorite kind of pie?

3. What is Father doing when he has to leave the farm?

4. Why does Mother react the way she does to knowing why men are digging in the field?

5. Of the following, what is the most accurate description of "The Revolt of 'Mother'"?

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