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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alida and Orud the Terrible.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mother's reaction to Uncle David's story about Alida?
(a) She leaves the room.
(b) She cries.
(c) She smiles quietly.
(d) She brings him a handkerchief.

2. How old is the farm where the family lives?
(a) About twenty years.
(b) At least a hundred.
(c) The same age as Uncle David.
(d) No one knows.

3. What is the name carved into a log in the barn?
(a) Karl.
(b) David.
(c) Wayne.
(d) Nels.

4. What does Mother do in the evenings in the winter room?
(a) Reads.
(b) Makes quilts.
(c) Just rocks.
(d) Knits socks and mittens.

5. What does Father do in the evenings in the winter room?
(a) Fixes harnesses.
(b) Sharpens tools.
(c) Carves.
(d) Reads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David say he and Alida had to put off their planned trip to America?

2. Where was Father sitting when Eldon sees Mother rubbing Father's shoulders?

3. Which of the animals killed each fall does Eldon say is the worst?

4. How many of the other stories that Uncle David tells does Eldon say he remembers?

5. What causes Wayne's injury?

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