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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother do in the evenings in the winter room?
(a) Knits socks and mittens.
(b) Reads.
(c) Just rocks.
(d) Makes quilts.

2. Who does the dishes?
(a) Eldon.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Mother.
(d) Wayne and Eldon.

3. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) None, winter stands alone.
(d) Summer.

4. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?
(a) There is less fat in a Jersey's milk.
(b) The Jerseys are gentler.
(c) There's more cream in a Jersey's milk.
(d) The Jerseys give more milk.

5. What does the snow on the elm limb look like?
(a) A bunch of limbs.
(b) A snake.
(c) A ballerina.
(d) A sheet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is upstairs in the barn?

2. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?

3. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?

4. What is the F-12?

5. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eldon's childhood illness and the effect it has had on his life.

2. What prompts the fight between Eldon and Wayne in the opening paragraphs of "Winter," and what do the boys decide about their argument?

3. What are some of the things Eldon says happens when fall is over but winter hasn't yet formally arrived?

4. What do Eldon and Wayne do with the stack of straw near the barn and what do Mother and Father say about it?

5. What is the first thing Eldon describes doing after the first snow?

6. Describe what Father is working on during his evenings in the winter room.

7. Describe the room next to the kitchen in the family home.

8. Describe how and why Wayne jumps out of the barn loft.

9. Describe the stove in the winter room and what Wayne says the rails are for.

10. What does Eldon say about his dislike of fall?

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