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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 was sick when he was younger.
(c) He's still too young.
(d) He does work as hard as anyone.

2. Why do the men have to wear handkerchiefs over their noses during thrashing time?
(a) They want to keep cool.
(b) They're playing a game.
(c) It is a tradition.
(d) There is dust.

3. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?
(a) Maybe twenty or thirty.
(b) Only a few.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) About a dozen.

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

5. Why do Wayne and Eldon jump on the stacks of hay after it's cut?
(a) To pack it down.
(b) To be sure there aren't any animals hiding in the stacks.
(c) It's fun.
(d) To make sure water can't seep into it.

6. What does the snow on the elm limb look like?
(a) A sheet.
(b) A ballerina.
(c) A bunch of limbs.
(d) A snake.

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

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

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

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

12. What do Wayne and Eldon throw snowballs at when they make snow forts?
(a) The dog, the chickens, and the cats.
(b) The chickens.
(c) The cats.
(d) The dog.

13. How many people are in Eldon's family?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?

2. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?

3. What is upstairs in the barn?

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

5. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?

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