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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura consider doing when the Indians enter the house?
(a) Taking the axe to the house
(b) Running to the creek to find Pa
(c) Letting Jack loose
(d) Hiding in the stable

2. What do the pioneers call malaria?
(a) The sleeping sickness
(b) Fever 'n Augue
(c) Croup
(d) Chilblains

3. With what does Ma stuff the bedstead mattress?
(a) Straw tick
(b) Old rags
(c) Down feathers
(d) Grass

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

5. How big was the wolf pack Pa saw on the prairie?
(a) 25 strong
(b) 10 strong
(c) 30 strong
(d) 50 strong

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary sew on when Pa goes back to the creek for more rocks to finish the fireplace?

2. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?

3. What do the men hit at the bottom of the well before water?

4. Who drives the wagon across the ford?

5. What does Pa do with Jack when Pa leaves?

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