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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. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?
(a) So the weeds don't get a start.
(b) To loosen the soil around the roots of the corn.
(c) So Father will have something to do.
(d) To work the fertilizer deeper into the soil.

2. How are the calves fed?
(a) Their mamas feed them.
(b) With a baby bottle.
(c) With a bucket.
(d) The book doesn't say.

3. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?
(a) The farm.
(b) The large family.
(c) The crops growing.
(d) The light.

4. In "Winter," Eldon says that he and Wayne have a fight. What was Eldon's injury from that fight?
(a) Several bruises.
(b) A swollen ear.
(c) A black eye.
(d) A bloody nose.

5. How old does Uncle David say he was when he heard the story of Orud?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) He doesn't say.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Uncle David?

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

3. Who comes to help the family when it's haying time?

4. Where was Father sitting when Eldon sees Mother rubbing Father's shoulders?

5. Why does Father say he doesn't shoot the pig?

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