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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 take a breath when Uncle David finishes the story of Crazy Alen?
(a) She has a cold.
(b) She'd been lulled to sleep by the story.
(c) She's trying not to cry.
(d) She's been holding her breath.

2. What does Father do in the evenings in the winter room?
(a) Fixes harnesses.
(b) Reads.
(c) Sharpens tools.
(d) Carves.

3. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?
(a) Saws.
(b) Tractors.
(c) Trees.
(d) Pistons.

4. Where is Uncle David when he encounters the man called Crazy Alen?
(a) A camp called Folter.
(b) Northern Utah.
(c) Fort Shelby.
(d) Camp Coulter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Wayne's injury?

2. Where do Eldon and Wayne put their mittens to dry?

3. What does Eldon ask when the story is finished?

4. Why does the family sometimes not eat supper until after ten in the summer?

5. Who does the dishes?

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