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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does Mother stay at the quilting bee at the end of fall?
(a) Two hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) All day.

3. What is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?
(a) Golden Pond.
(b) Lake Chicamonga.
(c) Lake Woebegone.
(d) Jenny's Lake.

4. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Nels.
(c) Old man Ransen.
(d) Uncle David.

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

6. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?
(a) The farm.
(b) The light.
(c) The large family.
(d) The crops growing.

7. What does Eldon say there is to do on the morning after the first snowfall?
(a) Cutting a Christmas tree.
(b) A million snow things.
(c) Shoveling a path to the barn.
(d) Moving all the cows inside.

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

9. What is the F-12?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A pickup.
(c) A gun.
(d) A plane.

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

11. 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) Run away, yelling that the posse is coming.
(c) Hold the horse.
(d) Take photos.

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

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

14. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?
(a) Cood food from the night before.
(b) Whatever Mother cooks.
(c) He just has coffee and bread.
(d) Eggs and toast.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Uncle David?

3. Who says fall is a favorite time of year?

4. Why does Father say he doesn't shoot the pig?

5. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?

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