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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) Matching blue armchairs.
(b) Straight back chairs.
(c) Recliners.
(d) A couch.

2. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?
(a) Jim and Stacker.
(b) Jim and Joe.
(c) Stacker and Stumper.
(d) Matilda and Martha.

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

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

5. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?
(a) One hundred twenty.
(b) Eighty-seven.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ninety.

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

7. What kind of drink does Mother bring for the picnic at the lake?
(a) Raspberry drink.
(b) Tea.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Sodas.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Wayne's injury from that fight in "Winter?"

2. What kind of shoes is Eldon wearing on the morning he slipped outside to watch Father leaving for the fields?

3. What do Uncle David and Nels do that makes Eldon think they don't like the killing either?

4. What is the name carved into a log in the barn?

5. What color is Eldon's house?

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