autobiography of z. s. hastings: written for his boys
by z. s. hastings (excerpt)
er 2
the time of fathers arrival, indiana was only 14 years old and
ned about 300,000 inhabitants. its capital citys first mayor was
urated two years before i was born and three years after the stars fell.
1842 when i was about four years old my parents sold out and moved
the river five or six miles and bought a new, larger and better farm
a large two story hewed log house and a big double log barn, and a
apple orchard. the farming land was bottom and lay along the river.
we had some sheep and cattle on a few hills and some hogs in the
s, that got fat in the winter on white oak acorns and beech nuts. and
we had a large \sugar orchard\ as the hosiers called it—hard maple
y by the many from which, in the early spring, flowed the sweet sap by
barrels full which we converted into gallons of maple syrup, and into
y cakes of maple sugar.
t was while we lived here, when i was six years old, there was the
test flood, known to me, since the days of noah. i remember it well.
too, my boys, will never forget the year when i tell you it was the same
, 1844, in which your best earthly friend was born, your mother. but i
not know anything about her until twenty years afterwards.
the flood was great. all the lower lands were under water. mr. greenes,
ferryman, our nearest neighbors family had to go in a canoe from the
or of their kitchen to their smoke house to get meat. all our cattle and
gs were in the stalk fields near the river, and all were drowned, except
e large, strong cow which swam more than one half mile, almost in a
aight line, and was saved. we could see the cattle huddled together on a
small island knoll away down in the field next to the river. the poor
eatures would stand there until the rapidly rising waters would crowd
them off the knoll, and then they swam until exhausted and overcome by
40
select the correct answer.
which sentence provides the best evidence that the father probably enjoyed learning?
a. \my parents were always anxious to have their children in school and made many sacrifices to this end.\ (paragraph 11)
b. \...as soon as i got hold of it i ran with it to the barn loft and sat down on the hay and read all that was in it before i got up.\
(paragraph 5)
c. \i hardly remember the time when i was not in school, sunday school and church.\ (paragraph 10)
d. \my text-book was smiths. i would start at the first of the book, and get about half through at the end of the term.\ (paragraph 5)

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autobiography of z. s. hastings: written for his boys
by z. s. hastings (excerpt)
er 2
the time of fathers arrival, indiana was only 14 years old and
ned about 300,000 inhabitants. its capital citys first mayor was
urated two years before i was born and three years after the stars fell.
1842 when i was about four years old my parents sold out and moved
the river five or six miles and bought a new, larger and better farm
a large two story hewed log house and a big double log barn, and a
apple orchard. the farming land was bottom and lay along the river.
we had some sheep and cattle on a few hills and some hogs in the
s, that got fat in the winter on white oak acorns and beech nuts. and
we had a large \sugar orchard\ as the hosiers called it—hard maple
y by the many from which, in the early spring, flowed the sweet sap by
barrels full which we converted into gallons of maple syrup, and into
y cakes of maple sugar.
t was while we lived here, when i was six years old, there was the
test flood, known to me, since the days of noah. i remember it well.
too, my boys, will never forget the year when i tell you it was the same
, 1844, in which your best earthly friend was born, your mother. but i
not know anything about her until twenty years afterwards.
the flood was great. all the lower lands were under water. mr. greenes,
ferryman, our nearest neighbors family had to go in a canoe from the
or of their kitchen to their smoke house to get meat. all our cattle and
gs were in the stalk fields near the river, and all were drowned, except
e large, strong cow which swam more than one half mile, almost in a
aight line, and was saved. we could see the cattle huddled together on a
small island knoll away down in the field next to the river. the poor
eatures would stand there until the rapidly rising waters would crowd
them off the knoll, and then they swam until exhausted and overcome by
40
select the correct answer.
which sentence provides the best evidence that the father probably enjoyed learning?
a.  \my parents were always anxious to have their children in school and made many sacrifices to this end.\ (paragraph 11)
b.  \...as soon as i got hold of it i ran with it to the barn loft and sat down on the hay and read all that was in it before i got up.\
(paragraph 5)
c.  \i hardly remember the time when i was not in school, sunday school and church.\ (paragraph 10)
d.  \my text-book was smiths. i would start at the first of the book, and get about half through at the end of the term.\ (paragraph 5)

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# Brief Explanations:
Option A focuses on the parents' value of education, not the father's personal enjoyment. Option C describes regular school attendance, which does not directly show enjoyment. Option D mentions slow textbook progress, which does not indicate enjoyment. Option B shows the father eagerly reading a book immediately, demonstrating his personal enjoyment of learning.
# Answer:
B. "...as soon as I got hold of it I ran with it to the barn loft and sat down on the hay and read all that was in it before I got up." (paragraph 5)

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