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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alida and Orud the Terrible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Uncle David?
(a) Sixty-seven.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Seventy-six.
(d) No one knows.

2. What is Mother's reaction to Uncle David's story about Alida?
(a) She cries.
(b) She smiles quietly.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She brings him a handkerchief.

3. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?
(a) It's cut in the fields and brought there on wagons.
(b) It's put there by farmers who don't want it.
(c) The thrashing machine.
(d) It's thrown from the hayloft.

4. What color are Alida's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Blue.

5. Why is the living room called the winter room?
(a) The family spends the winter there.
(b) It's where the family eats in the winter.
(c) It's used as a bedroom except in the winter.
(d) It's only warm in the winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?

2. What does Father do in the evenings in the winter room?

3. What was Wayne's injury from that fight in "Winter?"

4. Why does Eldon say he doesn't work as hard as the others in the family?

5. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?

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