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

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

3. What does Wayne say when the axes meet in the middle of the log?
(a) Oh.
(b) I can't believe it.
(c) Neat.
(d) Wow.

4. What kind of trouble does Mother say a neighbor is having?
(a) A sick baby in the family.
(b) Their barn burned.
(c) Their cow has gone dry.
(d) They lost all their money in the stock market.

5. What seems to happen to Uncle David when he looks up toward the sun?
(a) He seems to age.
(b) He seems to find some inner peace.
(c) He seems ready to die.
(d) He seems to get younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orud's helmet made of?

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

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

4. What happens to Orud?

5. Who built Alen's cabin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Uncle David say about the amount of wood they cut and their attitudes about the cleared land?

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

10. Describe the rest of the story after Father reveals that the woodcutter in the story is Uncle David?

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