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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Harrin Olsen play at the beer hall?
(a) A guitar.
(b) An accordian.
(c) A trumpet.
(d) A piano.

2. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?
(a) Ninety.
(b) One hundred twenty.
(c) Eighty-seven.
(d) Forty.

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

4. Why do the men have to wear handkerchiefs over their noses during thrashing time?
(a) It is a tradition.
(b) They're playing a game.
(c) They want to keep cool.
(d) There is dust.

5. What does Eldon say he likes better than wax teeth?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Coca-cola and peanuts.
(c) Fudge.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are in Eldon's family?

2. What grade does Mrs. Halverson teach?

3. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?

4. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?

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

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