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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Father respond to Mother's delay in returning to the house?
(a) Father ignores Mother and puts the saddle on his horse.
(b) He says he will tell her later why the men are digging in the field.
(c) He tells her that she needs to go into the house immediately.
(d) He goes into the house.

2. From the introduction, what does the reader know about how the secondary characters are going to be affected?
(a) They are going win the battle.
(b) They think the main character has lost her mind.
(c) They are going to feel beaten down by the main character's defiance.
(d) They are going to be affected by the main character's defiance.

3. When Mother watches the men digging in the field, what does she ask Father?
(a) If he is ready for supper.
(b) What they are digging for.
(c) What crops they are going to plant.
(d) When the new cows are arriving.

4. When Father answers Mother's question about what they are digging for, what is his response?
(a) He is building a new house.
(b) He is building a new barn.
(c) He wishes she would go build a new house herself.
(d) He wishes she would go into the house and tend to her own affairs.

5. What is Mother's reaction to why the men are digging?
(a) She is very happy.
(b) She is very angry.
(c) She does not care one way or the other.
(d) She is very sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of this story?

2. What is Sammy Penn doing when Mother goes back into the house?

3. At first, how does Sammy respond to Mother's second question?

4. After the interaction with her husband about the men digging is over, what does Mother finally do?

5. What answer does Mother give to Nanny's question about what the men are digging for?

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