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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?
(a) For feeding the cows.
(b) For marketing.
(c) For seed the coming spring.
(d) For food during the winter.

2. What is the name of the family's dog?
(a) Fred.
(b) Rex.
(c) Trudy.
(d) Rover.

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

4. Why is the living room called the winter room?
(a) It's used as a bedroom except in the winter.
(b) It's only warm in the winter.
(c) It's where the family eats in the winter.
(d) The family spends the winter there.

5. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Tiny houses.
(c) Loaves of bread.
(d) Trees.

6. 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.

7. Who was Uncle David married to?
(a) Annabelle.
(b) Alida.
(c) Jeanetta .
(d) Claudia.

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

9. What do Wayne and Eldon throw snowballs at when they make snow forts?
(a) The dog.
(b) The cats.
(c) The dog, the chickens, and the cats.
(d) The chickens.

10. What are the books Uncle David sometimes reads at the kitchen table at night?
(a) Old Farmer's Almanacs.
(b) Western novels.
(c) A Bible and an encyclopedia.
(d) No one knows.

11. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?
(a) Stacker and Stumper.
(b) Jim and Joe.
(c) Jim and Stacker.
(d) Matilda and Martha.

12. What do Eldon and Wayne sleep on?
(a) Bunk beds.
(b) Pallets on the floor.
(c) The couch.
(d) They share a full-sized bed.

13. What is upstairs in the barn?
(a) Storage for grain.
(b) Saddles and farming equipment.
(c) Nothing but dust.
(d) The hayloft.

14. What is the name carved into a log in the barn?
(a) Karl.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Nels.
(d) David.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?

2. How much does Father say the horses weigh?

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

4. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?

5. According to Eldon, what can be caught in the water trough where everyone washes up for dinner during thrashing time?

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