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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the special place Wayne and Eldon sometimes meet to talk?
(a) In the meadow near the barn.
(b) At the back of the granary.
(c) Under their bed.
(d) In the hayloft.

2. How does the foreman get Alen out of the cabin?
(a) He builds a small wagon.
(b) He uses an ax to widen the door.
(c) He takes a day to build up his strength.
(d) He summons help.

3. What color are Alida's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Hazel.

4. What does Wayne want to tell Eldon that morning in their special place?
(a) He doesn't think David is their uncle.
(b) He plans to run away from home.
(c) Uncle David's stories are lies.
(d) He has a girlfriend.

5. What seems to happen to Uncle David when he looks up toward the sun?
(a) He seems ready to die.
(b) He seems to get younger.
(c) He seems to age.
(d) He seems to find some inner peace.

6. What does Uncle David do with the axes immediately after splitting the log?
(a) Puts one on each shoulder.
(b) Puts them in another log.
(c) Sharpens them.
(d) Puts them on the ground.

7. Why does David say he put the handkerchief on his head when he and Alida were married?
(a) To cover a bad haircut.
(b) To keep the sawdust out of his hair.
(c) To indicate he'd be a good husband.
(d) To keep the rice out of his hair.

8. What are some of the troubles that strike the village after Orud's death?
(a) Poisonous snakes infest the region.
(b) The women are unable to have children.
(c) Their crops fail.
(d) Locusts arrive.

9. What do the people of the village believe happens to the boats that sail from their port?
(a) Orud sinks them in revenge for his death..
(b) Melena spreads her hair to catch the boats and sink them.
(c) Neptune causes storms to sink them.
(d) Natives from other countries sink them

10. What does Uncle David say happens to spit in the coldest part of winter?
(a) No one knows.
(b) It freezes in midair.
(c) He hisses when it hits the snow.
(d) It bounces.

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

12. What does Alen do with the cabin door just before he dies?
(a) Opens it.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Closes it.
(d) Blocks it with furniture.

13. What does Uncle David say Alida's hair is like?
(a) Cornsilk and sunlight.
(b) A horse's mane.
(c) Midnight and good dreams.
(d) Sunset and roses.

14. How does the woman escape from where she's being held?
(a) She climbs through a window.
(b) She slips through the bars.
(c) Another man helps her escape.
(d) She uses magic.

15. What color is the hair of the woman Orud and his men capture?
(a) Red-gold.
(b) Brown.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction when Crazy Alen first starts playing jokes on the other men?

2. How does Wayne stop Eldon from leaving the barn?

3. What does Uncle David do after he puts the axes away but before he heads into the house?

4. What kind of trouble does Mother say a neighbor is having?

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

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