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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. According to Eldon, what can be caught in the water trough where everyone washes up for dinner during thrashing time?
(a) Tadpoles.
(b) Perch.
(c) Spiders.
(d) A cold.

2. How old is Uncle David?
(a) Sixty-seven.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy-six.

3. What does the snow on the elm limb look like?
(a) A bunch of limbs.
(b) A ballerina.
(c) A snake.
(d) A sheet.

4. What does Mother use for a tablecloth when she takes Father's lunch to the field?
(a) Sacks.
(b) A sheet.
(c) An old quilt.
(d) A piece of checked material.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?

2. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?

3. Where does the family dog sleep as fall comes to an end?

4. What is the name of the family's dog?

5. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the haying process.

2. Who is Rex? What does he do around the farm? Why is he allowed to do that job?

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

4. Describe what happens to Cousin Betty's daughter and where she's found.

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

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

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

8. Describe the time when Wayne and Eldon carved their names into a tree. How did Eldon feel and what happened to the tree?

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

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

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