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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it about going to town that Eldon likes best?
(a) The chance to buy a new comic book.
(b) The candy.
(c) The time away from chores.
(d) The time with his dad.

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

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

4. Why does the family butcher two geese every year?
(a) To save for Christmas dinner.
(b) To save for Thanksgiving dinner.
(c) To make new pillows.
(d) To restuff the feather mattresses.

5. What does Eldon say there is to do on the morning after the first snowfall?
(a) Shoveling a path to the barn.
(b) A million snow things.
(c) Moving all the cows inside.
(d) Cutting a Christmas tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Father keep the .22 rifle?

2. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?

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

4. What instrument does Harrin Olsen play at the beer hall?

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

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