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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 is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?
(a) Lake Woebegone.
(b) Jenny's Lake.
(c) Lake Chicamonga.
(d) Golden Pond.

2. Who does Eldon say gets the cream money and the egg money?
(a) Uncle David and Nels.
(b) Eldon and Wayne.
(c) Papa.
(d) Mama.

3. What does Eldon say Uncle David's hands are like?
(a) A child's.
(b) Sandpaper.
(c) Bone or wood.
(d) An old woman's.

4. Why do Mother and Father let Eldon and Wayne jump into the straw pile for hours at a time?
(a) It's fun.
(b) To pack it down.
(c) They don't let them jump more than a few times.
(d) To chase all the mice out of the stack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are in Eldon's family?

2. Where does Father keep the .22 rifle?

3. What do the people of the village believe happens to the boats that sail from their port?

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

5. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?

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