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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crazy Alen.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Eldon and Wayne do with the grain shovels the day after the first snowfall?
(a) Dig holes for storing potatoes.
(b) Move grain for the cows.
(c) Slide down the hill.
(d) Shovel a path to the barn.

3. What is the joke Alen plays on the foreman?
(a) Sews the man's socks closed.
(b) Sharpens his saw wrong.
(c) Blocks the outhouse door with a tree.
(d) Hides the man's boots.

4. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?
(a) A bucksaw.
(b) An ax.
(c) A chain saw.
(d) A crosscut saw.

5. Why do Mother and Father let Eldon and Wayne jump into the straw pile for hours at a time?
(a) It's fun.
(b) To pack it down.
(c) They don't let them jump more than a few times.
(d) To chase all the mice out of the stack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the snow on the elm limb look like?

2. What does Mother use for a tablecloth when she takes Father's lunch to the field?

3. In "Winter," Eldon says that he and Wayne have a fight. What was Eldon's injury from that fight?

4. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?

5. What is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?

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