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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the family dog sleep as fall comes to an end?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) Under the porch.
(d) In Wayne's room.

2. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?
(a) None, winter stands alone.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. What do people think when they see Alen's body on the way to town?
(a) He's dead.
(b) He's waving at them.
(c) He fell and started rolling.
(d) The foreman killed him.

4. Who built Alen's cabin?
(a) Some settlers from years earlier.
(b) No one knows.
(c) The men from the camp.
(d) Alen.

5. Why do Wayne and Eldon jump on the stacks of hay after it's cut?
(a) To make sure water can't seep into it.
(b) It's fun.
(c) To be sure there aren't any animals hiding in the stacks.
(d) To pack it down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?

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

3. What does Mother do in the evenings in the winter room?

4. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?

5. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?

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