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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Pa do with Jack when Pa leaves?
(a) Stakes him in front of the house on a rope
(b) Leaves him running loose
(c) Chains him to the stable
(d) Ties him to the wagon wheel

4. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?
(a) Singing
(b) Pushing on Mary
(c) Playing with her food
(d) Reading a book

5. What was the first food Ma cooked in the new fireplace?
(a) Chicken
(b) Beef stew
(c) Prairie Hen
(d) Cornbread

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura do with the stick that is on fire on the cabin floor?

2. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?

3. Why does Ma cook outside after they move into the nearly finished house?

4. What does Pa tell Ma to do when he hands her four dead geese?

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

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