2. Why does David say he and Alida had to put off their planned trip to America?
(a) They were afraid to leave their families.
(b) She was expecting a child.
(c) They couldn't save enough money.
(d) There were no ships sailing in those days.

3. How much wood does Uncle David say they cut?
(a) About a hundred acres.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) About a hundred trees a day.
(d) About a ten-mile square.

4. What does Eldon ask when the story is finished?
(a) How they got Alen into a casket.
(b) He doesn't ask any question.
(c) Where the foreman is now.
(d) How Alen knew he was going to die.

5. What does Wayne ask when the story is finished?
(a) Where the foreman is now.
(b) He doesn't ask any question.
(c) How they got Alen into a casket.
(d) How Alen knew he was going to die.

6. Why does Eldon say he doesn't think death is funny?
(a) Uncle David is so old.
(b) He remembers his own illness.
(c) He believes in hell.
(d) He's afraid of what will happen to him after he dies.

7. What happens to Orud?
(a) He falls on his sword trying to catch her.
(b) He jumps in the water and drowns.
(c) He is killed by the woman.
(d) His men kill him.

8. What is the game the foreman sometimes plays with Alen?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Rummy.
(c) Hide and seek.
(d) Chess.

9. How long does it take to get Alen's body back to the camp?
(a) Almost a week.
(b) Three days and three nights.
(c) Two days and a night.
(d) Two and a half hours.

10. What is Mother's reaction to the story of Orud?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She cries.
(c) She says she doesn't believe it.
(d) She shakes her head.

11. What is the injury Eldon receives in the fight?
(a) A cut lip.
(b) A bloody nose.
(c) A swollen ear.
(d) A black eye.

12. What do Eldon and Wayne look through to see Uncle David by the pile of logs out back?
(a) Through their bedroom window.
(b) Through the door of the hayloft.
(c) Through the screen door.
(d) Through a gap in the logs of the barn.

13. What does Wayne say when the axes meet in the middle of the log?
(a) Oh.
(b) Wow.
(c) I can't believe it.
(d) Neat.

14. What does Eldon say he has to do after Uncle David splits the log?
(a) Go tell Father.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Write it down.
(d) Go to him.

15. What do the people of the village believe happens to the boats that sail from their port?
(a) Natives from other countries sink them
(b) Melena spreads her hair to catch the boats and sink them.
(c) Neptune causes storms to sink them.
(d) Orud sinks them in revenge for his death..