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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Crazy Alen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother use for a tablecloth when she takes Father's lunch to the field?
(a) Sacks.
(b) A sheet.
(c) A piece of checked material.
(d) An old quilt.

2. What does Eldon say all the stacks of hay look like in the field?
(a) Trees.
(b) Tiny houses.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Loaves of bread.

3. What does Alen think about the fact that the men are calling him Crazy Alen?
(a) He's angry.
(b) He doesn't care.
(c) He thinks it's funny.
(d) He tries to get even.

4. According to Eldon, what can be caught in the water trough where everyone washes up for dinner during thrashing time?
(a) Tadpoles.
(b) A cold.
(c) Perch.
(d) Spiders.

5. From where does the straw pile near the barn come?
(a) It's cut in the fields and brought there on wagons.
(b) It's thrown from the hayloft.
(c) It's put there by farmers who don't want it.
(d) The thrashing machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the game the foreman sometimes plays with Alen?

2. Who oils the thrashing machine?

3. Why is the corn cultivated several times while it's still young?

4. What do the men have to do in the coldest part of winter to keep their axes from breaking?

5. How does the foreman get Alen out of the cabin?

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