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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. Why does David say he and Alida had to put off their planned trip to America?
2. What is the joke Alen plays on the foreman?
3. Where do Eldon and Wayne have a fight a few days after Wayne is angry at Uncle David?
4. How does the woman escape from where she's being held?
5. Why does Eldon say he doesn't think death is funny?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of jokes does Alen play on the foreman?
2. Describe the argument that happens over Melena.
3. What are some of the chores Eldon does on the day Uncle David tells the story about the woodcutter?
4. Describe the rest of the story after Father reveals that the woodcutter in the story is Uncle David?
5. What does Alen do after he's fired and why?
6. What does David say about the first time he sees Alida?
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. Why does Uncle David say he knows more about Crazy Alen's jokes than some of the other men in the logging camps?
9. Describe how Uncle David changes as he's about to split the logs. What happens to him immediately after the feat?
10. Describe what happens to the village after the deaths of Melena and Orud and what the people of the village believe has caused it.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the story Uncle David tells about Crazy Allen? What is Eldon's reaction to the story and why?
Essay Topic 2
What is the story Uncle David tells about the woodcutter? What is the story really about? What are some of the feats the woodcutter is capable of? Are they believable?
Essay Topic 3
Eldon talks about a time of division, such as the time between yesterday and today and the time between fall and winter. What does Eldon believe about the possibility that this division exists? What does Wayne believe? What do you believe? Why?
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