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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 smacking a potato with a hammer.
(b) Like hitting a rock with a stick.
(c) Like whamming a horse with a kid.
(d) Like slapping a fly on bare skin.

2. According to Eldon, what can be caught in the water trough where everyone washes up for dinner during thrashing time?
(a) Perch.
(b) A cold.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Tadpoles.

3. What does Uncle David do with the two split halves of the log?
(a) Puts them in the barn for later use.
(b) Puts them back on the pile.
(c) Takes them to the house for fire wood.
(d) Throws them in a ditch so no one can find them.

4. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?
(a) For seed the coming spring.
(b) For food during the winter.
(c) For marketing.
(d) For feeding the cows.

5. What is the reaction when Crazy Alen first starts playing jokes on the other men?
(a) The foreman threatens to fire him.
(b) The men laugh.
(c) The men try to come up with better jokes.
(d) The men are angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the animals killed each fall does Eldon say is the worst?

2. What does Wayne want to do when he grows up?

3. How do the men get Alen's body from the camp to town?

4. How long do Eldon and Wayne watch Uncle David?

5. How does Uncle David say Alen came from the old country?

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