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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Eldon and Wayne sleep on?
(a) The couch.
(b) Pallets on the floor.
(c) They share a full-sized bed.
(d) Bunk beds.

2. What is on the cover of the Zane Grey western Eldon and Wayne find?
(a) A cowboy riding behind a herd of cattle.
(b) A cowboy riding a horse and firing six-guns.
(c) An Indian boy riding a horse.
(d) A group of cowboys riding through a town.

3. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?
(a) Only a few.
(b) About a dozen.
(c) Maybe twenty or thirty.
(d) Hundreds.

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

5. How does Mother keep coffee hot when she takes it for Father's lunch?
(a) She builds a campfire near the field to warm it.
(b) She doesn't, he likes it cold.
(c) She puts it in a thermos.
(d) She wraps a jar in sacking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shoes is Eldon wearing on the morning he slipped outside to watch Father leaving for the fields?

2. Who does Eldon say gets the cream money and the egg money?

3. What is the F-12?

4. Why does Eldon say the silo is filled with corn?

5. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?

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