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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?
(a) 35 miles
(b) 60 miles
(c) 100 miles
(d) 40 miles

2. How does the family get the goods they need to travel?
(a) They steal them
(b) They trade for them with fur
(c) They trade two cows for the needed supplies
(d) They buy them with gold bullion

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

4. How does Pa bring logs up from the creek bottom?
(a) He rolls them on the ground
(b) He brings them down the creek
(c) By horse
(d) He uses the stripped-down wagon

5. What do the girls have to clean out of the house before they can move into it?
(a) Any insects or ants they can find
(b) The mud splatters from chinking the walls
(c) All the wood chips
(d) All the grass on the floor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?

2. What does Mr. Edwards tell Laura he is?

3. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?

4. How much of the house does Pa and Mr. Edwards get done the first day he comes over?

5. What does Patty do when Pet tries to eat Patty’s food?

(see the answer key)

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