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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?
(a) Summer.
(b) None, winter stands alone.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

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

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

4. Which of the animals killed each fall does Eldon say is the worst?
(a) The geese.
(b) The pig.
(c) The steer.
(d) The chickens.

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

6. What instrument does Harrin Olsen play at the beer hall?
(a) A piano.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A guitar.
(d) An accordian.

7. What is the first animal to be killed each fall?
(a) Chickens.
(b) A pig.
(c) Geese.
(d) A steer.

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

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

10. How old is the farm where the family lives?
(a) At least a hundred.
(b) About twenty years.
(c) No one knows.
(d) The same age as Uncle David.

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

12. Who comes to help the family when it's haying time?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) No one.
(c) Everyone from miles around.
(d) The Ransens.

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

14. What is it about going to town that Eldon likes best?
(a) The chance to buy a new comic book.
(b) The time with his dad.
(c) The candy.
(d) The time away from chores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade does Mrs. Halverson teach?

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

3. What does Eldon say the buildings and machines look like after the first snow?

4. What do Eldon and Wayne do with the grain shovels the day after the first snowfall?

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

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