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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 long does Mother stay at the quilting bee at the end of fall?
(a) Four hours.
(b) All day.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Two hours.

2. What do Wayne and Eldon spend their afternoon doing?
(a) Catching frogs.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Playing in the water.
(d) Canoeing.

3. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?
(a) Stacker and Stumper.
(b) Jim and Stacker.
(c) Jim and Joe.
(d) Matilda and Martha.

4. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?
(a) Tractors.
(b) Saws.
(c) Trees.
(d) Pistons.

5. Why does Eldon say he doesn't work as hard as the others in the family?
(a) He was sick when he was younger.
(b) He does work as hard as anyone.
(c) He's still too young.
(d) He has to spend a lot of time studying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the cover of the Zane Grey western Eldon and Wayne find?

2. Why does the family butcher two geese every year?

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

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

5. How old is Uncle David?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mother say about Jerseys and Holsteins?

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

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

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

6. Describe the haying process.

7. Describe how and why Wayne jumps out of the barn loft.

8. Compare Uncle David's side of the room with Nels' side.

9. Why does Uncle David believe everyone works so much harder in the summer than in the winter?

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

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