View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does David say he and Alida had to put off their planned trip to America?
(a) She was expecting a child.
(b) They couldn't save enough money.
(c) They were afraid to leave their families.
(d) There were no ships sailing in those days.

2. Where is the woman held on the way home?
(a) On the bow of the boat.
(b) In the interior of the boat.
(c) In the captain's room.
(d) In a rough cage on the deck.

3. How does Uncle David say Alen came from the old country?
(a) He walked.
(b) By boat.
(c) By wagon.
(d) By ferry.

4. What is Wayne's reaction when Father says that the young woodcutter is really Uncle David?
(a) He asks Nels if it's true.
(b) He begins to cry.
(c) He asks Uncle David to show them.
(d) He stiffens and is obviously angry.

5. What do the men have to do in the coldest part of winter to keep their axes from breaking?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Wear gloves.
(c) Warm them before using them.
(d) Pour water on them.

6. What do people think when they see Alen's body on the way to town?
(a) He fell and started rolling.
(b) The foreman killed him.
(c) He's dead.
(d) He's waving at them.

7. What is Uncle David doing the first time he sees Alida?
(a) Cutting a tree.
(b) Sitting on the porch.
(c) Plowing a field.
(d) Sharpening tools.

8. What is Mother's reaction to Uncle David's story about Alida?
(a) She leaves the room.
(b) She cries.
(c) She brings him a handkerchief.
(d) She smiles quietly.

9. Who built Alen's cabin?
(a) Some settlers from years earlier.
(b) No one knows.
(c) The men from the camp.
(d) Alen.

10. What does Alida ask David the first time he sees her?
(a) Where he's from.
(b) How he's doing.
(c) His dog's name.
(d) His name.

11. Where is the special place Wayne and Eldon sometimes meet to talk?
(a) At the back of the granary.
(b) Under their bed.
(c) In the meadow near the barn.
(d) In the hayloft.

12. What is the second story Uncle David always tells in the winter room?
(a) Orud the Terrible.
(b) The second story is always different.
(c) Crazy Alen.
(d) The Woodcutter.

13. How many of the other stories that Uncle David tells does Eldon say he remembers?
(a) All of them.
(b) Three.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Eight.

14. Where do Eldon and Wayne have a fight a few days after Wayne is angry at Uncle David?
(a) In their bedroom.
(b) In the horse corral.
(c) In the hayloft.
(d) In the winter room.

15. What color is Alida's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first story Uncle David tells that night?

2. What is the name of the beautiful woman Orud and his men capture?

3. Why does Wayne say Eldon can't tell Uncle David they saw him with the log?

4. Orud's helmet is soaked in ______________.

5. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 526 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample