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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. Where is the woman held on the way home?
(a) In the interior of the boat.
(b) In a rough cage on the deck.
(c) In the captain's room.
(d) On the bow of the boat.

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

3. How is Alida wearing her hair the first time Uncle David sees her?
(a) In a bun.
(b) In a pony tail.
(c) In a braid.
(d) Straight down her back.

4. How long does it take to get Alen's body back to the camp?
(a) Three days and three nights.
(b) Two and a half hours.
(c) Two days and a night.
(d) Almost a week.

5. Who do the people of the village blame for their troubles?
(a) Venus.
(b) Neptune.
(c) Melena.
(d) Orud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Alida's hair?

2. What happens to Orud?

3. How much wood does Uncle David say they cut?

4. What does Eldon say he has to do after Uncle David splits the log?

5. Where is the special place Wayne and Eldon sometimes meet to talk?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Alen do after he's fired and why?

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 kind of jokes does Alen play on the foreman?

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

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

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

9. Describe what happens to the village after the deaths of Melena and Orud and what the people of the village believe has caused it.

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

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