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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old does Uncle David say he was when he heard the story of Orud?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) He doesn't say.

4. What is the joke Alen plays on the foreman?
(a) Blocks the outhouse door with a tree.
(b) Sharpens his saw wrong.
(c) Sews the man's socks closed.
(d) Hides the man's boots.

5. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?
(a) They are bedraggled from the long flight.
(b) There are so many of them.
(c) They poop too much.
(d) They fight for the worms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?

2. What is the name of the family's dog?

3. How old does Uncle David say he is when he meets Crazy Alen?

4. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?

5. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?

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