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

2. Who does the dishes?
(a) Mother.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Eldon.
(d) Wayne and Eldon.

3. Who do the people of the village blame for their troubles?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Orud.
(c) Melena.
(d) Venus.

4. How old is the farm where the family lives?
(a) About twenty years.
(b) At least a hundred.
(c) The same age as Uncle David.
(d) No one knows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?

2. What time of day does Father leave for the fields?

3. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?

4. Where does Eldon and his family live?

5. Why do Mother and Father let Eldon and Wayne jump into the straw pile for hours at a time?

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