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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 Uncle David say happens to spit in the coldest part of winter?
(a) No one knows.
(b) It freezes in midair.
(c) He hisses when it hits the snow.
(d) It bounces.

2. Why does Eldon say he doesn't think death is funny?
(a) Uncle David is so old.
(b) He's afraid of what will happen to him after he dies.
(c) He believes in hell.
(d) He remembers his own illness.

3. How does Mother keep coffee hot when she takes it for Father's lunch?
(a) She puts it in a thermos.
(b) She wraps a jar in sacking.
(c) She doesn't, he likes it cold.
(d) She builds a campfire near the field to warm it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used to cover the table outside during the gathering at thrashing time?

2. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?

3. Who says fall is a favorite time of year?

4. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?

5. How long does it take to get Alen's body back to the camp?

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