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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Father keep the .22 rifle?
(a) In a closet.
(b) Behind the seat of the pickup.
(c) On deer horns on the porch.
(d) In the barn.

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

3. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?
(a) Recliners.
(b) A couch.
(c) Straight back chairs.
(d) Matching blue armchairs.

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

5. How does the family dog spend most of its time?
(a) Chasing squirrels.
(b) Sitting on the porch.
(c) Guarding the cows.
(d) Hunting.

6. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?
(a) They poop too much.
(b) They are bedraggled from the long flight.
(c) There are so many of them.
(d) They fight for the worms.

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

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

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

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

11. What do Uncle David and Nels do that makes Eldon think they don't like the killing either?
(a) They start to cry.
(b) They leave the barnyard until it's over.
(c) They say they don't like it.
(d) They stand with their hats in their hands.

12. What time of day does Father leave for the fields?
(a) Before it gets light.
(b) Around eight-thirty in the morning.
(c) Just after it gets light.
(d) Around seven in the morning.

13. Who oils the thrashing machine?
(a) Nels.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Old man Ransen.
(d) Uncle David.

14. Where do the pigs run when they escape from their pen?
(a) All over the barn.
(b) Into the garden.
(c) Onto the porch.
(d) Across Wayne.

15. Who does Eldon say gets the cream money and the egg money?
(a) Papa.
(b) Mama.
(c) Uncle David and Nels.
(d) Eldon and Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?

2. Who does the dishes?

3. Why does the family butcher two geese every year?

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

5. Why does Uncle David say the cows get excited when they are given silage?

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