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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the family's dog?
2. What is the name carved into a log in the barn?
3. Why is the living room called the winter room?
4. What is used to cover the table outside during the gathering at thrashing time?
5. How much does Father say the horses weigh?
Short Essay Questions
1. What prompts the fight between Eldon and Wayne in the opening paragraphs of "Winter," and what do the boys decide about their argument?
2. How does Eldon describe the tractor and what does he say about his father being injured by the tractor?
3. What does Eldon say in response to Wayne's idea that spring is an "awakening," and why does he have this attitude?
4. What are some of the things Eldon says happens when fall is over but winter hasn't yet formally arrived?
5. What are some of the "lights" Eldon describes in the opening chapter?
6. What are some of the smells Eldon describes in the opening chapter called "Tuning?"
7. Why does Uncle David believe everyone works so much harder in the summer than in the winter?
8. Describe what happens when Eldon and Mother take Father's lunch to the fields.
9. What does the family eat at their annual picnic to the lake?
10. Who is Rex? What does he do around the farm? Why is he allowed to do that job?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the positive aspects of each of the seasons Eldon discusses? What are the negative aspects of each of the seasons?
Essay Topic 2
What is the story Uncle David tells about Orud and Melena? What kind of story is this and why? Are there any believable aspects of the story? What are they?
Essay Topic 3
What is the first story Uncle David tells each winter? Why is that story important to him? What are the reactions of each of the other family members to the story?
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