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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first animal to be killed each fall?
(a) A pig.
(b) Geese.
(c) A steer.
(d) Chickens.

2. What does Eldon have for supper near the end of the chapter titled "Crazy Alen?"
(a) Mashed potatoes and gravy.
(b) Beans, turnips, and turkey.
(c) Soup and bread.
(d) Roast beef sandwich.

3. What do people think when they see Alen's body on the way to town?
(a) He's waving at them.
(b) The foreman killed him.
(c) He's dead.
(d) He fell and started rolling.

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

5. What do Eldon and Wayne do with the grain shovels the day after the first snowfall?
(a) Shovel a path to the barn.
(b) Slide down the hill.
(c) Dig holes for storing potatoes.
(d) Move grain for the cows.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eldon, who can eat "like six young men"?

2. What is Mother's reaction to the story of Orud?

3. What color is Eldon's house?

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

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

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