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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. What does Wayne ask when the story is finished?
(a) How Alen knew he was going to die.
(b) How they got Alen into a casket.
(c) He doesn't ask any question.
(d) Where the foreman is now.

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

3. Who built Alen's cabin?
(a) The men from the camp.
(b) Alen.
(c) Some settlers from years earlier.
(d) No one knows.

4. Why does Wayne say Eldon can't tell Uncle David they saw him with the log?
(a) Nels will be angry with Uncle David.
(b) Mother will be angry that they didn't stop him.
(c) It was only for Uncle David.
(d) Uncle David will be angry that they watched.

5. With what does Uncle David say the young woodcutter used to shave?
(a) A straight razor.
(b) An ax.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A small sawblade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Orud?

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

3. What does Eldon have for supper near the end of the chapter titled "Crazy Alen?"

4. How many of the other stories that Uncle David tells does Eldon say he remembers?

5. How much wood does Uncle David say they cut?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Uncle David say about the number of men who were good cutters and their specific skills?

2. What does Uncle David say about the men who lived during the time of Orud?

3. Why does Uncle David say he knows more about Crazy Alen's jokes than some of the other men in the logging camps?

4. What does Eldon say about the other stories and what is the hint he gives about "almost ruining it all?"

5. Describe what happens to the village after the deaths of Melena and Orud and what the people of the village believe has caused it.

6. What kind of jokes does Alen play on the foreman?

7. What does David say about his life after Alida's death?

8. Describe the argument that happens over Melena.

9. Describe how Uncle David changes as he's about to split the logs. What happens to him immediately after the feat?

10. What does Uncle David say about the amount of wood they cut and their attitudes about the cleared land?

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