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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 does the woman do to save herself from marrying Orud?
2. What does Uncle David do with the two split halves of the log?
3. What is the purpose of soaking his helmet in a substance?
4. What color is Alida's hair?
5. What is Wayne's reaction when Father says that the young woodcutter is really Uncle David?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the challenge the foreman faces when he's trying to get Alen's body out of the cabin and to the camp?
2. What is the joke that Crazy Alen plays on the foreman? Why does it get him fired?
3. Why does Uncle David say he knows more about Crazy Alen's jokes than some of the other men in the logging camps?
4. Describe how Uncle David changes as he's about to split the logs. What happens to him immediately after the feat?
5. What do Wayne and Eldon talk about in their special place in the granary? What happens when Uncle David overhears?
6. What does Uncle David say about the number of men who were good cutters and their specific skills?
7. 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?
8. What does Uncle David say about the amount of wood they cut and their attitudes about the cleared land?
9. What does Alen do just before he dies? What is the weather like at the time?
10. What is Eldon's reaction to Uncle David's story?
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 most important theme of this story? Why? Give at least two examples of that theme seen in this story.
Essay Topic 3
What are the activities that go on in the winter room? Why are these important to each of the characters and to the family as a whole?
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