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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 Mother's reaction to Uncle David's story about Alida?
(a) She leaves the room.
(b) She cries.
(c) She brings him a handkerchief.
(d) She smiles quietly.

2. How long do Eldon and Wayne watch Uncle David?
(a) Until he rounds the corner of the barn.
(b) Until he sits down on the porch.
(c) Until he's gone inside.
(d) For about twenty minutes.

3. What is the name of the beautiful woman Orud and his men capture?
(a) Glenda.
(b) Venus.
(c) Alida.
(d) Melena.

4. What are some of the troubles that strike the village after Orud's death?
(a) Their crops fail.
(b) Poisonous snakes infest the region.
(c) The women are unable to have children.
(d) Locusts arrive.

5. Who steps into their special place while Wayne is talking to Eldon?
(a) Mother.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Father.
(d) Nels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mother's reaction to the story of Orud?

2. What does Alen think about the fact that the men are calling him Crazy Alen?

3. What is the second story Uncle David tells that night?

4. What does Uncle David sometimes do to earn extra money?

5. How does Uncle David end the story of the woodcutter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of jokes does Alen play on the foreman?

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

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

4. What are Eldon and Wayne doing when the boys realize that Uncle David is about to use the two axes to try to split a log? What are their reactions when they realize what Uncle David is going to do?

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

6. Describe the argument that happens over Melena.

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

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

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

10. Describe how Uncle David changes as he's about to split the logs. What happens to him immediately after the feat?

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