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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Maybe twenty or thirty.
(c) Only a few.
(d) About a dozen.

2. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?
(a) The Jerseys are gentler.
(b) There is less fat in a Jersey's milk.
(c) The Jerseys give more milk.
(d) There's more cream in a Jersey's milk.

3. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?
(a) It's put there by farmers who don't want it.
(b) It's cut in the fields and brought there on wagons.
(c) It's thrown from the hayloft.
(d) The thrashing machine.

4. How many people are in Eldon's family?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

5. What is Eldon supposed to do while Wayne jumps from the hayloft onto the horse's back?
(a) Run away, yelling that the posse is coming.
(b) Hold the horse.
(c) Take photos.
(d) Run toward Wayne, yelling at him to stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?

2. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?

3. What instrument does Harrin Olsen play at the beer hall?

4. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?

5. What time of day does Father leave for the fields?

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