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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Uncle David say the cows get excited when they are given silage?
(a) They don't really care.
(b) They get drunk off of it.
(c) They are so hungry because it's winter.
(d) There is honey mixed with it.

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

3. How does Mother keep coffee hot when she takes it for Father's lunch?
(a) She doesn't, he likes it cold.
(b) She wraps a jar in sacking.
(c) She builds a campfire near the field to warm it.
(d) She puts it in a thermos.

4. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?
(a) Maybe twenty or thirty.
(b) Only a few.
(c) About a dozen.
(d) Hundreds.

5. What is the book both Uncle David and Nels have by their beds?
(a) The Farmer's Almanac.
(b) The Bible.
(c) A diary.
(d) The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?

3. How much does Father say the horses weigh?

4. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?

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

(see the answer key)

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