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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the F-12?
(a) A pickup.
(b) A plane.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A gun.

2. Who made the rock fireplace at the lake?
(a) Uncle David and Nels.
(b) Father.
(c) No one knows for sure.
(d) Indians.

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

4. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?
(a) Cood food from the night before.
(b) Whatever Mother cooks.
(c) Eggs and toast.
(d) He just has coffee and bread.

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

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

7. Where does the family dog sleep as fall comes to an end?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In Wayne's room.
(c) Under the porch.
(d) In the barn.

8. What was Wayne's injury from that fight in "Winter?"
(a) A bloody nose.
(b) A swollen ear.
(c) A black eye.
(d) several bruises.

9. What color is Eldon's house?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

10. How does Mother keep coffee hot when she takes it for Father's lunch?
(a) She builds a campfire near the field to warm it.
(b) She wraps a jar in sacking.
(c) She puts it in a thermos.
(d) She doesn't, he likes it cold.

11. Who was Uncle David married to?
(a) Annabelle.
(b) Alida.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Jeanetta .

12. Why does Uncle David say the cows get excited when they are given silage?
(a) There is honey mixed with it.
(b) They are so hungry because it's winter.
(c) They don't really care.
(d) They get drunk off of it.

13. Why does Father say he doesn't shoot the pig?
(a) He can't waste another bullet.
(b) It needs to bleed out better.
(c) The pig is too little for a bullet.
(d) Stabbing a pig is more humane.

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

15. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?

2. Where was Father sitting when Eldon sees Mother rubbing Father's shoulders?

3. What kind of drink does Mother bring for the picnic at the lake?

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

5. Who says fall is a favorite time of year?

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