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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crazy Alen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When another man also wants the woman as his wife, how is the argument settled?
(a) The other men on the ship decide.
(b) Orud and the man draw straws.
(c) The woman chooses.
(d) Orud and the man fight.

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

3. What does Mother do in the evenings in the winter room?
(a) Reads.
(b) Knits socks and mittens.
(c) Makes quilts.
(d) Just rocks.

4. How does the family dog spend most of its time?
(a) Sitting on the porch.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Chasing squirrels.
(d) Guarding the cows.

5. What does Alen think about the fact that the men are calling him Crazy Alen?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He tries to get even.
(c) He's angry.
(d) He thinks it's funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Wayne and Eldon spend their afternoon doing?

2. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?

3. What are some of the troubles that strike the village after Orud's death?

4. What does Eldon say there is to do on the morning after the first snowfall?

5. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?

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