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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Eldon and Wayne do with the grain shovels the day after the first snowfall?
(a) Dig holes for storing potatoes.
(b) Move grain for the cows.
(c) Slide down the hill.
(d) Shovel a path to the barn.

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

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

4. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?
(a) There's more cream in a Jersey's milk.
(b) The Jerseys give more milk.
(c) The Jerseys are gentler.
(d) There is less fat in a Jersey's milk.

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

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

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

8. Where does Father keep the .22 rifle?
(a) In a closet.
(b) On deer horns on the porch.
(c) In the barn.
(d) Behind the seat of the pickup.

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

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

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

12. 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 where the family eats in the winter.
(d) It's only warm in the winter.

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

14. 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.

15. What is the name carved into a log in the barn?
(a) Wayne.
(b) David.
(c) Karl.
(d) Nels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?

2. How old is the farm where the family lives?

3. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?

4. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?

5. Where was Father sitting when Eldon sees Mother rubbing Father's shoulders?

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