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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the book both Uncle David and Nels have by their beds?
(a) The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
(b) A diary.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Farmer's Almanac.

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

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

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

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

6. Who says fall is a favorite time of year?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Eldon.
(d) Wayne.

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

8. Who washes the cream separator?
(a) Wayne and Eldon.
(b) Mother.
(c) Nels.
(d) Father.

9. What is used to cover the table outside during the gathering at thrashing time?
(a) Checked material.
(b) Sheets.
(c) Sacks.
(d) An old blanket.

10. Why is the living room called the winter room?
(a) The family spends the winter there.
(b) It's used as a bedroom except in the winter.
(c) It's only warm in the winter.
(d) It's where the family eats in the winter.

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

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

13. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Loaves of bread.
(c) Tiny houses.
(d) Trees.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?

2. What had Wayne once made wings out of in an attempt to fly?

3. Why does Eldon say he doesn't work as hard as the others in the family?

4. How many people are in Eldon's family?

5. What causes Wayne's injury?

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