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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?
(a) Trees.
(b) Pistons.
(c) Saws.
(d) Tractors.

2. Where does Eldon and his family live?
(a) Eastern Montana.
(b) Southern Mississippi.
(c) Northern Minnesota.
(d) Western Idaho.

3. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?
(a) Like hitting a rock with a stick.
(b) Like slapping a fly on bare skin.
(c) Like whamming a horse with a kid.
(d) Like smacking a potato with a hammer.

4. What is upstairs in the barn?
(a) Storage for grain.
(b) The hayloft.
(c) Nothing but dust.
(d) Saddles and farming equipment.

5. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Uncle David.
(c) Nels.
(d) Old man Ransen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many seagulls arrive each summer during plowing season?

2. Why do Wayne and Eldon jump on the stacks of hay after it's cut?

3. What is the book both Uncle David and Nels have by their beds?

4. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?

5. What does Eldon say he likes better than wax teeth?

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