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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alida and Orud the Terrible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Eldon, what can be caught in the water trough where everyone washes up for dinner during thrashing time?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Tadpoles.
(c) Perch.
(d) A cold.

2. Where do Eldon and Wayne put their mittens to dry?
(a) On the clothesline.
(b) On a peg in the winter room.
(c) On the back of the stove.
(d) In the dryer.

3. What are some of the troubles that strike the village after Orud's death?
(a) Poisonous snakes infest the region.
(b) Locusts arrive.
(c) Their crops fail.
(d) The women are unable to have children.

4. Why does the family butcher two geese every year?
(a) To restuff the feather mattresses.
(b) To save for Christmas dinner.
(c) To make new pillows.
(d) To save for Thanksgiving dinner.

5. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Nels.
(c) Old man Ransen.
(d) Uncle David.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Wayne and Eldon jump on the stacks of hay after it's cut?

2. What does he say her eyes are like?

3. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?

4. What had Wayne once made wings out of in an attempt to fly?

5. What do the people of the village believe happens to the boats that sail from their port?

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