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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the living room called the winter room?
(a) The family spends the winter there.
(b) It's where the family eats in the winter.
(c) It's used as a bedroom except in the winter.
(d) It's only warm in the winter.

2. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?
(a) Why they are we working so hard.
(b) We should leave the farm because the work is too hard.
(c) The days are long, and the nights are short.
(d) I think Eldon is sick again.

3. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?
(a) Like hitting a rock with a stick.
(b) Like smacking a potato with a hammer.
(c) Like whamming a horse with a kid.
(d) Like slapping a fly on bare skin.

4. Why does the family butcher two geese every year?
(a) To save for Christmas dinner.
(b) To restuff the feather mattresses.
(c) To make new pillows.
(d) To save for Thanksgiving dinner.

5. What are the books Uncle David sometimes reads at the kitchen table at night?
(a) Western novels.
(b) No one knows.
(c) A Bible and an encyclopedia.
(d) Old Farmer's Almanacs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the family's dog?

3. According to Eldon, what can be caught in the water trough where everyone washes up for dinner during thrashing time?

4. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?

5. Why does Uncle David say the cows get excited when they are given silage?

(see the answer key)

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