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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who turns the crank on the cream separator?
(a) Mama.
(b) Papa.
(c) Wayne and Eldon.
(d) Uncle David and Nels.
2. What does Father say that lets Eldon know it's fall?
(a) It's fall.
(b) Summer is over.
(c) We're going to the lake.
(d) The leaves are beginning to fall.
3. How does Eldon describe the sound he hears when Wayne hits the horse?
(a) Like smacking a potato with a hammer.
(b) Like slapping a fly on bare skin.
(c) Like hitting a rock with a stick.
(d) Like whamming a horse with a kid.
4. Who says fall is a favorite time of year?
(a) Mother.
(b) Wayne.
(c) Eldon.
(d) Father.
5. How much does Father say the horses weigh?
(a) He doesn't say.
(b) Close to a hundred pounds each.
(c) A couple of hundred pounds each.
(d) Close to a ton each.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does the family butcher two geese every year?
2. What instrument does Harrin Olsen play at the beer hall?
3. Where does Eldon and his family live?
4. What kind of shoes is Eldon wearing on the morning he slipped outside to watch Father leaving for the fields?
5. What causes Wayne's injury?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Uncle David believe everyone works so much harder in the summer than in the winter?
2. Why do the seagulls come to the field? What does Eldon think about them?
3. Describe what Father is working on during his evenings in the winter room.
4. What does Eldon say in response to Wayne's idea that spring is an "awakening," and why does he have this attitude?
5. Describe the haying process.
6. Describe what happens to Cousin Betty's daughter and where she's found.
7. Why is the lake called Jenny's Lake and what does Eldon say about it?
8. What are the roles and the attitudes of Uncle David and Nels about the killing?
9. Describe the time when Wayne and Eldon carved their names into a tree. How did Eldon feel and what happened to the tree?
10. When does Father take the plow shares in to be sharpened? Why does he do it then, and why does Eldon like to go along?
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