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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?
(a) Tiny houses.
(b) Trees.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Loaves of bread.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Uncle David?

2. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?

3. What had Wayne once made wings out of in an attempt to fly?

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

5. Why does Eldon say he doesn't work as hard as the others in the family?

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