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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alen do with the cabin door just before he dies?
(a) Closes it.
(b) Blocks it with furniture.
(c) Opens it.
(d) Burns it.

2. Who do the people of the village blame for their troubles?
(a) Melena.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Venus.
(d) Orud.

3. According to Uncle David, what is the story of the woodcutter really about?
(a) The method of replanting trees.
(b) A young man.
(c) The differences between then and today.
(d) The cutting of a huge forest.

4. What does Wayne want to tell Eldon that morning in their special place?
(a) He plans to run away from home.
(b) He has a girlfriend.
(c) Uncle David's stories are lies.
(d) He doesn't think David is their uncle.

5. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?
(a) An ax.
(b) A bucksaw.
(c) A crosscut saw.
(d) A chain saw.

6. How does the woman escape from where she's being held?
(a) She climbs through a window.
(b) Another man helps her escape.
(c) She slips through the bars.
(d) She uses magic.

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

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

9. What is the joke Alen plays on the foreman?
(a) Sews the man's socks closed.
(b) Hides the man's boots.
(c) Sharpens his saw wrong.
(d) Blocks the outhouse door with a tree.

10. What does he say her eyes are like?
(a) A lake.
(b) Ice.
(c) A meadow.
(d) Midnight.

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

12. How old does Uncle David say he is when he meets Crazy Alen?
(a) Eight.
(b) He doesn't say.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty-four.

13. When are Wayne and Eldon allowed to use the axes that were once used by Uncle David and Nels?
(a) Only for chopping large pieces of wood.
(b) Never.
(c) Only for chopping kindling.
(d) Only when their father was near.

14. With what does Uncle David say the young woodcutter used to shave?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A straight razor.
(c) An ax.
(d) A small sawblade.

15. What is the expression on Alen's face when he dies?
(a) He's smiling.
(b) He's sad.
(c) He's frowning.
(d) He's peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orud's helmet made of?

2. Where is the woman held on the way home?

3. Where is the special place Wayne and Eldon sometimes meet to talk?

4. What do Alen and the foreman drink when they are playing their game?

5. Who steps into their special place while Wayne is talking to Eldon?

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