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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on the cover of the Zane Grey western Eldon and Wayne find?
(a) A cowboy riding a horse and firing six-guns.
(b) A cowboy riding behind a herd of cattle.
(c) A group of cowboys riding through a town.
(d) An Indian boy riding a horse.

2. How many people are in Eldon's family?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Three.

3. 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.

4. Who comes to help the family when it's haying time?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Ransens.
(c) No one.
(d) Everyone from miles around.

5. What does Eldon say he likes better than wax teeth?
(a) Fudge.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Peanut butter.
(d) Coca-cola and peanuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother use for a tablecloth when she takes Father's lunch to the field?

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

3. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?

4. What is the F-12?

5. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?

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