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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eldon say he has to do after Uncle David splits the log?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Write it down.
(c) Go to him.
(d) Go tell Father.

2. What is Uncle David carrying when he returns from the granary?
(a) A shovel.
(b) Two axes.
(c) A saddle.
(d) A saw.

3. 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) He has a girlfriend.
(d) Uncle David's stories are lies.

4. What is Mother's reaction to the story of Orud?
(a) She shakes her head.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She cries.
(d) She says she doesn't believe it.

5. What is Alida carrying the first time David sees her?
(a) A jar of milk wrapped in a sheet.
(b) A gift.
(c) A pot of soup.
(d) A towel and loaves of bread.

6. What do Eldon and Wayne look through to see Uncle David by the pile of logs out back?
(a) Through their bedroom window.
(b) Through the door of the hayloft.
(c) Through the screen door.
(d) Through a gap in the logs of the barn.

7. How do the men get Alen's body from the camp to town?
(a) In a sleigh.
(b) In a wagon.
(c) They roll him.
(d) In a casket.

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

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

10. What kind of tool does Uncle David say Crazy Alen used to cut trees?
(a) An ax.
(b) A crosscut saw.
(c) A chain saw.
(d) A bucksaw.

11. What is the second story Uncle David tells that night?
(a) The story of an ugly man who loved a girl.
(b) The story of a woodcutter.
(c) The story of Alida.
(d) The story of a terrible Viking.

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

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

14. How old does Uncle David say he is when he meets Crazy Alen?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty-four.
(c) Eight.
(d) He doesn't say.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Alen dies does the foreman come to the cabin?

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

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

4. How long do Eldon and Wayne watch Uncle David?

5. What is the problem the foreman faces with getting Alen out of the cabin?

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