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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. Why does the blacksmith have to sharpen the plows every summer?
(a) It's the only time Uncle David goes to town.
(b) The plows rust over the winter months.
(c) The plows get dull from being used on frozen ground.
(d) The rocky land dulls the blades.

2. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?
(a) Like smacking a potato with a hammer.
(b) Like slapping a fly on bare skin.
(c) Like hitting a rock with a stick.
(d) Like whamming a horse with a kid.

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

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

5. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?
(a) The crops growing.
(b) The farm.
(c) The light.
(d) The large family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Father say the horses weigh?

2. How many cleared acres are there on the family's farm?

3. What do Wayne and Eldon spend their afternoon doing?

4. What is the F-12?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first thing Eldon describes doing after the first snow?

2. What does Mother say about Jerseys and Holsteins?

3. When does Father take the plow shares in to be sharpened? Why does he do it then, and why does Eldon like to go along?

4. What are some of the "lights" Eldon describes in the opening chapter?

5. What does Eldon say in response to Wayne's idea that spring is an "awakening," and why does he have this attitude?

6. Why do the seagulls come to the field? What does Eldon think about them?

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

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

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

10. What are some of the things Eldon says happens when fall is over but winter hasn't yet formally arrived?

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