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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Eldon say gets the cream money and the egg money?
(a) Mama.
(b) Uncle David and Nels.
(c) Papa.
(d) Eldon and Wayne.

3. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?
(a) Only a few.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Maybe twenty or thirty.
(d) About a dozen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Uncle David?

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

3. What kind of shoes is Eldon wearing on the morning he slipped outside to watch Father leaving for the fields?

4. Why do Mother and Father let Eldon and Wayne jump into the straw pile for hours at a time?

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

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