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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 Uncle David say the young woodcutter could do with a match?
2. Where is Alida taking what she's carrying the first time David sees her?
3. What is Uncle David carrying when he returns from the granary?
4. What is the foreman's reaction to the joke?
5. How does Uncle David end the story of the woodcutter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Eldon say about the different ways he and Wayne view Uncle David's stories?
2. What does Uncle David say one particular woodcutter was able to do with a match?
3. What are some of the chores Eldon does on the day Uncle David tells the story about the woodcutter?
4. What is the joke that Crazy Alen plays on the foreman? Why does it get him fired?
5. Describe the argument that happens over Melena.
6. What is the conversation in the winter room the night after Wayne calls Uncle David a liar?
7. What does Alen do after he's fired and why?
8. 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?
9. Describe how Uncle David changes as he's about to split the logs. What happens to him immediately after the feat?
10. What kind of jokes does Alen play on the foreman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the farm where Eldon lives with his family. What are the most important settings within the farm? 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
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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