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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?
(a) Pa wanted to stretch Patty's legs
(b) There was a cougar chasing them
(c) They spotted a huge wolf pack
(d) Pa cuts his leg while hunting

2. What did they name Pet’s colt?
(a) Bunny
(b) Wolf
(c) Rabbit
(d) Stubborn

3. What does Pa use for a temporary roof?
(a) The wagon canvas
(b) Tree branches tied together
(c) Woven prairie grasses
(d) Thatch

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

5. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?
(a) She is too excited about Jack
(b) Her parents are talking
(c) The horses are making a lot of noise eating
(d) The baby is crying

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pa tell the girls not to play with down at the creek?

3. What does Pa plan to make after he lays the floor?

4. What was the first food Ma cooked in the new fireplace?

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

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