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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?
(a) Uncle David.
(b) Nels.
(c) Wayne.
(d) Old man Ransen.

2. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?
(a) The light.
(b) The large family.
(c) The crops growing.
(d) The farm.

3. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

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

5. Who was Uncle David married to?
(a) Alida.
(b) Jeanetta .
(c) Claudia.
(d) Annabelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Uncle David?

2. What is the name carved into a log in the barn?

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

4. How does Mother keep coffee hot when she takes it for Father's lunch?

5. Where do the pigs run when they escape from their pen?

(see the answer key)

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