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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the game the foreman sometimes plays with Alen?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Chess.
(d) Hide and seek.

2. What does Eldon say Uncle David's hands are like?
(a) An old woman's.
(b) Bone or wood.
(c) Sandpaper.
(d) A child's.

3. What color is Alida's hair?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

4. How is Alida wearing her hair the first time Uncle David sees her?
(a) Straight down her back.
(b) In a bun.
(c) In a braid.
(d) In a pony tail.

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

6. What is Wayne's reaction when Father says that the young woodcutter is really Uncle David?
(a) He asks Nels if it's true.
(b) He stiffens and is obviously angry.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He asks Uncle David to show them.

7. According to Uncle David, what was the reaction of the men once the cutting was finished?
(a) They were happy.
(b) They were tired.
(c) They were relieved.
(d) They were sad.

8. What is the foreman's reaction to the joke?
(a) He leaves the camp.
(b) He fires Alen.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He is angry.

9. How much wood does Uncle David say they cut?
(a) About a ten-mile square.
(b) About a hundred trees a day.
(c) He doesn't know.
(d) About a hundred acres.

10. What does he say her eyes are like?
(a) Midnight.
(b) A meadow.
(c) A lake.
(d) Ice.

11. What does Uncle David do after he puts the axes away but before he heads into the house?
(a) Sits down.
(b) Touches the log.
(c) Spits.
(d) Cries.

12. How long do Eldon and Wayne watch Uncle David?
(a) Until he rounds the corner of the barn.
(b) For about twenty minutes.
(c) Until he sits down on the porch.
(d) Until he's gone inside.

13. How does Uncle David say Alen came from the old country?
(a) By wagon.
(b) By ferry.
(c) He walked.
(d) By boat.

14. Orud's helmet is soaked in ______________.
(a) Oil.
(b) Melted copper.
(c) Salt.
(d) Water.

15. What is the injury Eldon receives in the fight?
(a) A bloody nose.
(b) A black eye.
(c) A swollen ear.
(d) A cut lip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of the village believe happens to the boats that sail from their port?

2. What is the purpose of soaking his helmet in a substance?

3. How old does Uncle David say he is when he meets Crazy Alen?

4. When are Wayne and Eldon allowed to use the axes that were once used by Uncle David and Nels?

5. What does Alen think about the fact that the men are calling him Crazy Alen?

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