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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 does the family sometimes not eat supper until after ten in the summer?
(a) The work takes so long.
(b) They're often at the lake until dark.
(c) No particular reason.
(d) It's too hot for Mother to cook until it's dark.

2. What does Mother use for a tablecloth when she takes Father's lunch to the field?
(a) A piece of checked material.
(b) Sacks.
(c) A sheet.
(d) An old quilt.

3. What do Wayne and Eldon spend their afternoon doing?
(a) Playing in the water.
(b) Catching frogs.
(c) Canoeing.
(d) Fishing.

4. Who comes to help the family when it's haying time?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) No one.
(c) Everyone from miles around.
(d) The Ransens.

5. What is the book both Uncle David and Nels have by their beds?
(a) The Farmer's Almanac.
(b) A diary.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Complete Works of Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who turns the crank on the cream separator?

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

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

4. Who washes the cream separator?

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

(see the answer key)

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