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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three years.
(d) One year.

2. What is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?
(a) Jenny's Lake.
(b) Golden Pond.
(c) Lake Chicamonga.
(d) Lake Woebegone.

3. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?
(a) Matching blue armchairs.
(b) Straight back chairs.
(c) A couch.
(d) Recliners.

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

5. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?
(a) So the weeds don't get a start.
(b) So Father will have something to do.
(c) To work the fertilizer deeper into the soil.
(d) To loosen the soil around the roots of the corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?

2. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?

3. What does Father do in the evenings in the winter room?

4. What does Eldon say makes the seagulls less pretty?

5. What does Mother do in the evenings in the winter room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Father is working on during his evenings in the winter room.

2. What does Eldon say about his dislike of fall?

3. What are the roles and the attitudes of Uncle David and Nels about the killing?

4. What do Wayne and Eldon do after they find the western?

5. How does Eldon describe the tractor and what does he say about his father being injured by the tractor?

6. What does the family eat at their annual picnic to the lake?

7. Why is the lake called Jenny's Lake and what does Eldon say about it?

8. Describe the room next to the kitchen in the family home.

9. Describe how Father pulls stumps out of the ground.

10. Describe the stove in the winter room and what Wayne says the rails are for.

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