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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Uncle David?
(a) Seventy-six.
(b) Sixty-seven.
(c) Eighty.
(d) No one knows.

2. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?
(a) To loosen the soil around the roots of the corn.
(b) So the weeds don't get a start.
(c) So Father will have something to do.
(d) To work the fertilizer deeper into the soil.

3. Who turns the crank on the cream separator?
(a) Wayne and Eldon.
(b) Uncle David and Nels.
(c) Papa.
(d) Mama.

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

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

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

7. What is on the cover of the Zane Grey western Eldon and Wayne find?
(a) An Indian boy riding a horse.
(b) A cowboy riding a horse and firing six-guns.
(c) A group of cowboys riding through a town.
(d) A cowboy riding behind a herd of cattle.

8. Why do Mother and Father let Eldon and Wayne jump into the straw pile for hours at a time?
(a) They don't let them jump more than a few times.
(b) It's fun.
(c) To chase all the mice out of the stack.
(d) To pack it down.

9. What grade does Mrs. Halverson teach?
(a) Tenth.
(b) Eighth.
(c) Second.
(d) Fourth.

10. Who does the dishes?
(a) Wayne and Eldon.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Eldon.
(d) Mother.

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

12. 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) Tadpoles.
(d) Spiders.

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

14. How are the calves fed?
(a) The book doesn't say.
(b) With a baby bottle.
(c) With a bucket.
(d) Their mamas feed them.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Wayne and Eldon spend their afternoon doing?

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

5. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?

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