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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?
(a) He just has coffee and bread.
(b) Cood food from the night before.
(c) Eggs and toast.
(d) Whatever Mother cooks.

2. What time of day does Father leave for the fields?
(a) Just after it gets light.
(b) Around eight-thirty in the morning.
(c) Before it gets light.
(d) Around seven in the morning.

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

4. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?
(a) Matching blue armchairs.
(b) Straight back chairs.
(c) A couch.
(d) Recliners.

5. What does Wayne ask when the story is finished?
(a) How they got Alen into a casket.
(b) Where the foreman is now.
(c) How Alen knew he was going to die.
(d) He doesn't ask any question.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?

2. What do Uncle David and Nels do that makes Eldon think they don't like the killing either?

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

4. What do the men have to do in the coldest part of winter to keep their axes from breaking?

5. What is the expression on Alen's face when he dies?

(see the answer key)

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