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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 color is Alida's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

2. Why does David say he and Alida had to put off their planned trip to America?
(a) They couldn't save enough money.
(b) She was expecting a child.
(c) There were no ships sailing in those days.
(d) They were afraid to leave their families.

3. What is the reaction when Crazy Alen first starts playing jokes on the other men?
(a) The men laugh.
(b) The foreman threatens to fire him.
(c) The men try to come up with better jokes.
(d) The men are angry.

4. Why does Wayne say Eldon can't tell Uncle David they saw him with the log?
(a) Uncle David will be angry that they watched.
(b) It was only for Uncle David.
(c) Nels will be angry with Uncle David.
(d) Mother will be angry that they didn't stop him.

5. What is the second story Uncle David tells that night?
(a) The story of Alida.
(b) The story of a terrible Viking.
(c) The story of a woodcutter.
(d) The story of an ugly man who loved a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eldon say Uncle David's hands are like?

2. What are some of the troubles that strike the village after Orud's death?

3. How do the men get Alen's body from the camp to town?

4. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?

5. Where is Alida taking what she's carrying the first time David sees her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Uncle David say it's so remarkable that some men stop to watch one particular cutter at work?

2. What does Alen do just before he dies? What is the weather like at the time?

3. What is the joke that Crazy Alen plays on the foreman? Why does it get him fired?

4. What is the role of the boys who are too young to cut wood in Uncle David's story of the woodcutter?

5. What is the conversation in the winter room the night after Wayne calls Uncle David a liar?

6. What does David say about the first time he sees Alida?

7. What does Uncle David say one particular woodcutter was able to do with a match?

8. Why does Uncle David say he knows more about Crazy Alen's jokes than some of the other men in the logging camps?

9. What were some of the jokes Crazy Alen would play on the other men in the camp?

10. How does the story of Alida begin and who is telling the story?

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