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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the F-12?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A plane.
(c) A pickup.
(d) A gun.

2. Who washes the cream separator?
(a) Nels.
(b) Wayne and Eldon.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

3. What does Father usually eat before heading to the fields in the morning?
(a) Whatever Mother cooks.
(b) He just has coffee and bread.
(c) Cood food from the night before.
(d) Eggs and toast.

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

5. Who does the dishes?
(a) Uncle David.
(b) Eldon.
(c) Mother.
(d) Wayne and Eldon.

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

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

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

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

10. What do Uncle David and Nels do that makes Eldon think they don't like the killing either?
(a) They say they don't like it.
(b) They leave the barnyard until it's over.
(c) They stand with their hats in their hands.
(d) They start to cry.

11. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?
(a) Like whamming a horse with a kid.
(b) Like smacking a potato with a hammer.
(c) Like hitting a rock with a stick.
(d) Like slapping a fly on bare skin.

12. Why does Father say he doesn't shoot the pig?
(a) He can't waste another bullet.
(b) Stabbing a pig is more humane.
(c) It needs to bleed out better.
(d) The pig is too little for a bullet.

13. What does the snow on the elm limb look like?
(a) A snake.
(b) A ballerina.
(c) A sheet.
(d) A bunch of limbs.

14. What is Eldon supposed to do while Wayne jumps from the hayloft onto the horse's back?
(a) Run away, yelling that the posse is coming.
(b) Hold the horse.
(c) Take photos.
(d) Run toward Wayne, yelling at him to stop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Wayne and Eldon jump on the stacks of hay after it's cut?

2. What does Uncle David say is the reason there's so much work in the summer?

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

4. How much older is Wayne than Eldon?

5. Why is the living room called the winter room?

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