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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 does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?
(a) Whatever Mother cooks.
(b) Eggs and toast.
(c) He just has coffee and bread.
(d) Cood food from the night before.

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

3. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?
(a) The thrashing machine.
(b) It's cut in the fields and brought there on wagons.
(c) It's put there by farmers who don't want it.
(d) It's thrown from the hayloft.

4. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?
(a) The rocky land dulls the blades.
(b) It's the only time Uncle David goes to town.
(c) The plows get dull from being used on frozen ground.
(d) The plows rust over the winter months.

5. Why does Eldon say he doesn't work as hard as the others in the family?
(a) He has to spend a lot of time studying.
(b) He does work as hard as anyone.
(c) He's still too young.
(d) He was sick when he was younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Eldon and Wayne sleep on?

2. What do Wayne and Eldon throw snowballs at when they make snow forts?

3. How much does Father say the horses weigh?

4. What is it about going to town that Eldon likes best?

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

(see the answer key)

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