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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Eldon and Wayne put their mittens to dry?
(a) On a peg in the winter room.
(b) On the back of the stove.
(c) On the clothesline.
(d) In the dryer.

2. Why does Eldon say he doesn't work as hard as the others in the family?
(a) He has to spend a lot of time studying.
(b) He does work as hard as anyone.
(c) He's still too young.
(d) He was sick when he was younger.

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

4. What had Wayne once made wings out of in an attempt to fly?
(a) Pillow cases and cane poles.
(b) Sticks and feed sacks.
(c) Several old kites.
(d) A broom handle and a sheet.

5. What does Eldon say the buildings and machines look like after the first snow?
(a) Animals.
(b) Igloos.
(c) Houses.
(d) Nothing.

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

7. What was the name of the hero's horse in the western they found?
(a) Black Ranger.
(b) Stacker.
(c) White Lightning.
(d) Trigger.

8. Where does Eldon and his family live?
(a) Western Idaho.
(b) Southern Mississippi.
(c) Eastern Montana.
(d) Northern Minnesota.

9. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?
(a) The thrashing machine.
(b) It's thrown from the hayloft.
(c) It's put there by farmers who don't want it.
(d) It's cut in the fields and brought there on wagons.

10. What is the book both Uncle David and Nels have by their beds?
(a) A diary.
(b) The Farmer's Almanac.
(c) The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
(d) The Bible.

11. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Trees.
(c) Loaves of bread.
(d) Tiny houses.

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

13. What does Father say that lets Eldon know it's fall?
(a) The leaves are beginning to fall.
(b) We're going to the lake.
(c) Summer is over.
(d) It's fall.

14. What is Eldon supposed to do while Wayne jumps from the hayloft onto the horse's back?
(a) Run toward Wayne, yelling at him to stop.
(b) Take photos.
(c) Hold the horse.
(d) Run away, yelling that the posse is coming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family dog spend most of its time?

2. What is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?

3. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?

4. What time of day does Father leave for the fields?

5. What is the first animal to be killed each fall?

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