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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Father respond to Mother's reaction toward why the men are digging in the field?
(a) He hugs her and tells her not to worry about it.
(b) He screams back at her.
(c) He tells her to go into the house and keep her feelings to herself.
(d) He leaves without saying another word to her.
2. What hint does the statement that Mother makes after Father leaves the farm give the reader?
(a) Something significant will occur while Father is gone.
(b) The children will finally be obedient.
(c) Mother is going to enjoy her time without Father.
(d) Mother is going to have great blessings.
3. Finally, what answer does Father give Mother about why the men are digging in the field?
(a) They are digging a ditch so that water can reach the crops.
(b) They are digging a field for the new cows.
(c) They are digging a cellar for the new house.
(d) They are digging a cellar for the new barn.
4. Which of the following details does Mother do for Father before he embarks on his trip?
(a) She puts on his shoes.
(b) She buttons his collar.
(c) She harnesses the horse.
(d) She puts on his jacket.
5. What does Nanny's confusion regarding the reason to why men are digging in the field center upon?
(a) A cemetery.
(b) A ditch.
(c) A new house.
(d) Another barn.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Mother's response to Nanny's suggestion of where she be married?
2. What is the second thing Mother asks of Father once the bantering is over?
3. What does Mother ask Sammy when she goes back into the house after learning the reason for the digging?
4. After some bantering between Mother and Father, what occurs?
5. From the introduction, how does the reader know that the protagonist will defy social convention?
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