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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 does the woman do to save herself from marrying Orud?
(a) Agrees to marry another man.
(b) Pleads with women of the village.
(c) Agrees to fight Orud.
(d) Jumps in the water.

2. What is the second story Uncle David always tells in the winter room?
(a) Crazy Alen.
(b) The second story is always different.
(c) The Woodcutter.
(d) Orud the Terrible.

3. What does he say her eyes are like?
(a) A meadow.
(b) Ice.
(c) A lake.
(d) Midnight.

4. What is Uncle David doing the first time he sees Alida?
(a) Sitting on the porch.
(b) Sharpening tools.
(c) Cutting a tree.
(d) Plowing a field.

5. What do the men have to do in the coldest part of winter to keep their axes from breaking?
(a) Pour water on them.
(b) Warm them before using them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Wear gloves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the injury Eldon receives in the fight?

2. What do Eldon and Wayne look through to see Uncle David by the pile of logs out back?

3. How does Uncle David say Alen came from the old country?

4. Orud's helmet is soaked in ______________.

5. What is the game the foreman sometimes plays with Alen?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Orud and Melena die and what do people believe happened after that?

2. What is the challenge the foreman faces when he's trying to get Alen's body out of the cabin and to the camp?

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

4. What is Eldon's reaction to Uncle David's story?

5. What does Eldon say about the different ways he and Wayne view Uncle David's stories?

6. What does David say about his life after Alida's death?

7. What are the reactions of each of the family members when David finishes telling the story of Alida?

8. What does Uncle David say about the number of men who were good cutters and their specific skills?

9. What does Eldon say about the other stories and what is the hint he gives about "almost ruining it all?"

10. What are some of the chores Eldon does on the day Uncle David tells the story about the woodcutter?

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