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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Uncle David say the rivers were used?
(a) A place to trap.
(b) Water supply for fighting fires.
(c) Ice roads.
(d) Water for the animals that.

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

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

4. What does Eldon say he likes better than wax teeth?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) Fudge.
(c) Coca-cola and peanuts.
(d) Nothing.

5. What seems to happen to Uncle David when he looks up toward the sun?
(a) He seems to age.
(b) He seems to find some inner peace.
(c) He seems ready to die.
(d) He seems to get younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle David do with the axes immediately after splitting the log?

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

3. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?

4. What does Eldon ask when the story is finished?

5. What is Uncle David carrying when he returns from the granary?

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