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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mother keep coffee hot when she takes it for Father's lunch?
(a) She doesn't, he likes it cold.
(b) She puts it in a thermos.
(c) She builds a campfire near the field to warm it.
(d) She wraps a jar in sacking.

2. What is Uncle David doing the first time he sees Alida?
(a) Cutting a tree.
(b) Plowing a field.
(c) Sitting on the porch.
(d) Sharpening tools.

3. What is the first animal to be killed each fall?
(a) A steer.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Geese.
(d) A pig.

4. What do Eldon and Wayne do with the grain shovels the day after the first snowfall?
(a) Dig holes for storing potatoes.
(b) Slide down the hill.
(c) Move grain for the cows.
(d) Shovel a path to the barn.

5. Who oils the thrashing machine?
(a) Nels.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Old man Ransen.
(d) Uncle David.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the pigs run when they escape from their pen?

2. What was Wayne's injury from that fight in "Winter?"

3. How is Alida wearing her hair the first time Uncle David sees her?

4. Where is the woman held on the way home?

5. How old is the farm where the family lives?

(see the answer key)

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