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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who turns the crank on the cream separator?
(a) Mama.
(b) Uncle David and Nels.
(c) Wayne and Eldon.
(d) Papa.

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 builds a campfire near the field to warm it.
(c) She puts it in a thermos.
(d) She wraps a jar in sacking.

4. How old is Uncle David?
(a) Sixty-seven.
(b) Eighty.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Seventy-six.

5. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?
(a) Why they are we working so hard.
(b) We should leave the farm because the work is too hard.
(c) The days are long, and the nights are short.
(d) I think Eldon is sick again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the family sometimes not eat supper until after ten in the summer?

2. Who oils the thrashing machine?

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

4. Why is the living room called the winter room?

5. What is used to cover the table outside during the gathering at thrashing time?

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