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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) A couch.
(b) Recliners.
(c) Matching blue armchairs.
(d) Straight back chairs.

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

3. What does Eldon say the buildings and machines look like after the first snow?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Igloos.
(c) Houses.
(d) Animals.

4. What color is Eldon's house?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

5. What does Eldon say there is to do on the morning after the first snowfall?
(a) Cutting a Christmas tree.
(b) A million snow things.
(c) Shoveling a path to the barn.
(d) Moving all the cows inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about going to town that Eldon likes best?

2. Why does David say he and Alida had to put off their planned trip to America?

3. Why does David say he put the handkerchief on his head when he and Alida were married?

4. How old is the farm where the family lives?

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

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