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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eldon have for supper near the end of the chapter titled "Crazy Alen?"

2. What do Alen and the foreman drink when they are playing their game?

3. What is the purpose of soaking his helmet in a substance?

4. How does the foreman get Alen out of the cabin?

5. What does Wayne ask when the story is finished?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Eldon say about the different ways he and Wayne view Uncle David's stories?

2. Describe the rest of the story after Father reveals that the woodcutter in the story is Uncle David?

3. What does Uncle David say about the men who lived during the time of Orud?

4. What does Eldon say about the other stories and what is the hint he gives about "almost ruining it all?"

5. What does Uncle David say about the amount of wood they cut and their attitudes about the cleared land?

6. What does Alen do after he's fired and why?

7. What is Eldon's reaction to Uncle David's story?

8. What are some of the chores Eldon does on the day Uncle David tells the story about the woodcutter?

9. What is the conversation in the winter room the night after Wayne calls Uncle David a liar?

10. What does Uncle David say one particular woodcutter was able to do with a match?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the story Uncle David tells about Orud and Melena? What kind of story is this and why? Are there any believable aspects of the story? What are they?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Wayne? Father? Mother? Uncle David? Nels? How is each related to Eldon? Which of these relationships is/are most important to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Eldon. What is his role in the story? What kind of boy is he?

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