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

2. Uncle David says summer is close to fall, and spring is close to summer. To what season is winter close?
(a) None, winter stands alone.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. Where does Father keep the .22 rifle?
(a) Behind the seat of the pickup.
(b) In a closet.
(c) In the barn.
(d) On deer horns on the porch.

4. What does Alida ask David the first time he sees her?
(a) His name.
(b) Where he's from.
(c) His dog's name.
(d) How he's doing.

5. Who says fall is a favorite time of year?
(a) Eldon.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Wayne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of chairs do Uncle David and Nels have in the winter room?

2. What is the second story Uncle David always tells in the winter room?

3. What is the name of the beautiful woman Orud and his men capture?

4. What does Father say Jim and Stacker's legs are like when they're pulling up stumps?

5. Who comes to help the family when it's haying time?

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