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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?
(a) Jim and Stacker.
(b) Jim and Joe.
(c) Matilda and Martha.
(d) Stacker and Stumper.

3. What does Eldon say the buildings and machines look like after the first snow?
(a) Houses.
(b) Animals.
(c) Igloos.
(d) Nothing.

4. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?
(a) To work the fertilizer deeper into the soil.
(b) So the weeds don't get a start.
(c) So Father will have something to do.
(d) To loosen the soil around the roots of the corn.

5. When another man also wants the woman as his wife, how is the argument settled?
(a) The woman chooses.
(b) Orud and the man fight.
(c) Orud and the man draw straws.
(d) The other men on the ship decide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to help the family when it's haying time?

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

3. What is Eldon supposed to do while Wayne jumps from the hayloft onto the horse's back?

4. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?

5. What is Mother's reaction to the story of Orud?

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