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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father say that lets Eldon know it's fall?
(a) The leaves are beginning to fall.
(b) Summer is over.
(c) It's fall.
(d) We're going to the lake.

2. Where does Eldon and his family live?
(a) Western Idaho.
(b) Southern Mississippi.
(c) Eastern Montana.
(d) Northern Minnesota.

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

4. How old is Uncle David?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Sixty-seven.
(d) Seventy-six.

5. Why do Mother and Father let Eldon and Wayne jump into the straw pile for hours at a time?
(a) It's fun.
(b) To pack it down.
(c) They don't let them jump more than a few times.
(d) To chase all the mice out of the stack.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was Uncle David married to?

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

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