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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woodcutter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Uncle David do with the axes immediately after splitting the log?
(a) Puts them on the ground.
(b) Puts one on each shoulder.
(c) Sharpens them.
(d) Puts them in another log.

3. What is Uncle David doing the first time he sees Alida?
(a) Plowing a field.
(b) Cutting a tree.
(c) Sharpening tools.
(d) Sitting on the porch.

4. Where is Uncle David when he encounters the man called Crazy Alen?
(a) Fort Shelby.
(b) Camp Coulter.
(c) A camp called Folter.
(d) Northern Utah.

5. How much wood does Uncle David say they cut?
(a) About a hundred trees a day.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) About a ten-mile square.
(d) About a hundred acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?

2. What is the first story Uncle David tells that night?

3. What is Mother's reaction to the story of Orud?

4. Who was Uncle David married to?

5. Why does Father say he doesn't shoot the pig?

(see the answer key)

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