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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crazy Alen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eldon say the buildings and machines look like after the first snow?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Igloos.
(c) Houses.
(d) Animals.

2. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?
(a) The farm.
(b) The crops growing.
(c) The light.
(d) The large family.

3. What does Mother use for a tablecloth when she takes Father's lunch to the field?
(a) An old quilt.
(b) Sacks.
(c) A sheet.
(d) A piece of checked material.

4. What do Uncle David and Nels do that makes Eldon think they don't like the killing either?
(a) They say they don't like it.
(b) They start to cry.
(c) They stand with their hats in their hands.
(d) They leave the barnyard until it's over.

5. What does Eldon ask when the story is finished?
(a) He doesn't ask any question.
(b) How they got Alen into a casket.
(c) How Alen knew he was going to die.
(d) Where the foreman is now.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Wayne and Eldon throw snowballs at when they make snow forts?

2. In "Winter," Eldon says that he and Wayne have a fight. What was Eldon's injury from that fight?

3. When are Wayne and Eldon allowed to use the axes that were once used by Uncle David and Nels?

4. How do the men get Alen's body from the camp to town?

5. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?

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