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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Eldon and Wayne sleep on?
(a) Bunk beds.
(b) They share a full-sized bed.
(c) The couch.
(d) Pallets on the floor.

2. What does Eldon say there is to do on the morning after the first snowfall?
(a) Cutting a Christmas tree.
(b) Shoveling a path to the barn.
(c) A million snow things.
(d) Moving all the cows inside.

3. Why do the men have to wear handkerchiefs over their noses during thrashing time?
(a) They're playing a game.
(b) It is a tradition.
(c) They want to keep cool.
(d) There is dust.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?

2. Why do Wayne and Eldon jump on the stacks of hay after it's cut?

3. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?

4. What does Father do in the evenings in the winter room?

5. How old is Uncle David?

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