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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?
(a) One hundred twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Eighty-seven.
(d) Ninety.

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

3. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?
(a) The plows rust over the winter months.
(b) The rocky land dulls the blades.
(c) It's the only time Uncle David goes to town.
(d) The plows get dull from being used on frozen ground.

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

5. What is Eldon supposed to do while Wayne jumps from the hayloft onto the horse's back?
(a) Hold the horse.
(b) Run toward Wayne, yelling at him to stop.
(c) Run away, yelling that the posse is coming.
(d) Take photos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Uncle David married to?

2. What is on the cover of the Zane Grey western Eldon and Wayne find?

3. What do Eldon and Wayne sleep on?

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

5. Where does Eldon and his family live?

(see the answer key)

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