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

2. What are the books Uncle David sometimes reads at the kitchen table at night?
(a) Old Farmer's Almanacs.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Western novels.
(d) A Bible and an encyclopedia.

3. Who does Eldon say gets the cream money and the egg money?
(a) Papa.
(b) Uncle David and Nels.
(c) Mama.
(d) Eldon and Wayne.

4. Why does Mother say she likes Jersey cows better than Holsteins?
(a) The Jerseys give more milk.
(b) The Jerseys are gentler.
(c) There's more cream in a Jersey's milk.
(d) There is less fat in a Jersey's milk.

5. What was Mother saying as she rubbed Father's shoulders on the day Eldon sees them behind the barn?
(a) We should leave the farm because the work is too hard.
(b) Why they are we working so hard.
(c) The days are long, and the nights are short.
(d) I think Eldon is sick again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lake where the family goes as fall is just starting?

2. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?

3. What are the names of the two horses on the farm?

4. Why does the family sometimes not eat supper until after ten in the summer?

5. Who turns the crank on the cream separator?

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