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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pa hold together the cabin door?
(a) With sinews
(b) With pegs
(c) With ropes
(d) With nails

2. When did Pet deliver a colt?
(a) Before Pa met Mr. Edwards
(b) Right after the stable was built
(c) Right after the house was finished
(d) The day Ma sprained her ankle

3. How was Pa finally able to milk the cow?
(a) He put her in a stall where she could not move
(b) He wedged her between the barn and the wagon
(c) He caught her between two oak stakes and the barn
(d) He hog tied her front legs to her head

4. Why were there small holes in the ground at the Indian camp?
(a) The Indians used the holes for a game they played
(b) The holes were from drying racks for the Indians’ meat
(c) The holes were from teepee poles
(d) The camp was on the outskirts of a prairie dog community

5. How did the cowboys and Pa bring a cow to their homestead?
(a) They pulled her by ropes tied to her horns
(b) They drove her with a herd dog
(c) They walked her on a rope
(d) They hobbled her legs so she could not run

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the family with malaria come?

2. What does Pa bring into the house the day before Christmas?

3. What did they name Pet’s colt?

4. What does Pa do when he decides to take Jack to the Indian camp with him?

5. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?

(see the answer key)

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