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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. What is the F-12?
(a) A plane.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A pickup.
(d) A gun.

2. Where was Father sitting when Eldon sees Mother rubbing Father's shoulders?
(a) On a block of wood.
(b) On a kitchen chair.
(c) On the porch.
(d) On the side of the bed.

3. What causes Wayne's injury?
(a) Eldon hit him with a board.
(b) Eldon hit him with his fist.
(c) Father hit him to make them stop fighting.
(d) Eldon shoved him into a wall.

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

5. What does Eldon say he likes better than wax teeth?
(a) Coca-cola and peanuts.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Fudge.
(d) Peanut butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about going to town that Eldon likes best?

2. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?

3. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?

4. Where does Father keep the .22 rifle?

5. What does Father say that lets Eldon know it's fall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What prompts the fight between Eldon and Wayne in the opening paragraphs of "Winter," and what do the boys decide about their argument?

5. What are some of the sounds Elden describes in the opening chapter?

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

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

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

9. Describe the haying process.

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

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