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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?
(a) Nothing happens
(b) One of the horses stumbles in the water
(c) The right rear wheel gets stuck in the sandy bottom
(d) The front brake smashes on a rock

2. What does Pa feed Pet and Patty when he chains them to the feed-box?
(a) Hay
(b) Nothing
(c) Oats
(d) Corn

3. What does Ma complain about when Jack comes into the camp?
(a) He is covered in thistles
(b) Jack wants food immediately
(c) Laura and Pa's screams wake the baby
(d) Laura gets all wet hugging him

4. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Eggs and ham
(b) Pancakes and bacon
(c) Porridge and milk
(d) Cheese and toast

5. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?
(a) Wisconsin
(b) Missouri
(c) Kansas
(d) Minnesota

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pa think the eyes they see in the dark are not from a wolf?

2. Where does Pa decide to move the family?

3. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?

4. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?

5. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?

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