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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. Who built Alen's cabin?
(a) Alen.
(b) The men from the camp.
(c) Some settlers from years earlier.
(d) No one knows.
2. Where is the woman held on the way home?
(a) In the captain's room.
(b) On the bow of the boat.
(c) In the interior of the boat.
(d) In a rough cage on the deck.
3. What does Uncle David do after he puts the axes away but before he heads into the house?
(a) Sits down.
(b) Cries.
(c) Spits.
(d) Touches the log.
4. What does Wayne want to tell Eldon that morning in their special place?
(a) He plans to run away from home.
(b) Uncle David's stories are lies.
(c) He doesn't think David is their uncle.
(d) He has a girlfriend.
5. How long after Alen dies does the foreman come to the cabin?
(a) Four days.
(b) Almost a month.
(c) A week and a half.
(d) A few hours.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Alida wearing her hair the first time Uncle David sees her?
2. What do the people of the village believe happens to the boats that sail from their port?
3. With what does Uncle David say the young woodcutter used to shave?
4. What is Alida carrying the first time David sees her?
5. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Wayne and Eldon talk about in their special place in the granary? What happens when Uncle David overhears?
2. What is the challenge the foreman faces when he's trying to get Alen's body out of the cabin and to the camp?
3. How does David say his life changes when he marries Alida?
4. What does Alen do after he's fired and why?
5. What is the conversation in the winter room the night after Wayne calls Uncle David a liar?
6. What does Uncle David say one particular woodcutter was able to do with a match?
7. What are Eldon and Wayne doing when the boys realize that Uncle David is about to use the two axes to try to split a log? What are their reactions when they realize what Uncle David is going to do?
8. What were some of the jokes Crazy Alen would play on the other men in the camp?
9. How does the story of Alida begin and who is telling the story?
10. Describe the rest of the story after Father reveals that the woodcutter in the story is Uncle David?
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