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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are in Eldon's family?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?
(a) For marketing.
(b) For seed the coming spring.
(c) For feeding the cows.
(d) For food during the winter.

3. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?
(a) One hundred twenty.
(b) Eighty-seven.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Forty.

4. What is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?
(a) Lake Woebegone.
(b) Golden Pond.
(c) Jenny's Lake.
(d) Lake Chicamonga.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Wayne's injury from that fight in "Winter?"

3. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?

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

5. Where do Eldon and Wayne put their mittens to dry?

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