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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the first story Uncle David tells that night?
2. What is Mother's reaction to Uncle David's story about Alida?
3. What does Uncle David say happens to spit in the coldest part of winter?
4. With what does Uncle David say the young woodcutter used to shave?
5. Why does Wayne say Eldon can't tell Uncle David they saw him with the log?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does David say about his life after Alida's death?
2. What is the joke that Crazy Alen plays on the foreman? Why does it get him fired?
3. What are Eldon and Wayne doing when the boys realize that Uncle David is about to use the two axes to try to split a log? What are their reactions when they realize what Uncle David is going to do?
4. What do Wayne and Eldon talk about in their special place in the granary? What happens when Uncle David overhears?
5. How do Orud and Melena die and what do people believe happened after that?
6. What is Eldon's reaction to Uncle David's story?
7. Describe what happens to the village after the deaths of Melena and Orud and what the people of the village believe has caused it.
8. What does Uncle David say about the amount of wood they cut and their attitudes about the cleared land?
9. What does Uncle David say about the men who lived during the time of Orud?
10. Describe the rest of the story after Father reveals that the woodcutter in the story is Uncle David?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the story Uncle David tells about Orud and Melena? What kind of story is this and why? Are there any believable aspects of the story? What are they?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the farm where Eldon lives with his family. What are the most important settings within the farm? Why?
Essay Topic 3
What are the positive aspects of each of the seasons Eldon discusses? What are the negative aspects of each of the seasons?
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