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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 Ma put on the mantel when it is finished?
(a) A mantel clock
(b) A china woman from Wisconsin
(c) Pictures of the family
(d) Several cast iron pots

2. Who is giving Laura medicine when she wakes up one day?
(a) Dr. Tan
(b) An Indian medicine man
(c) Dr. Kotte
(d) Ma

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

4. What is preventing Pa from playing the fiddle at night?
(a) It is raining too much
(b) He has broken one of the strings on his fiddle
(c) There are too many mosquitoes out
(d) Carrie is having a hard time sleeping at night

5. What does Laura think of the water that comes from the bottom of the well?
(a) It tastes a little like sulfur
(b) It seems to be a little cloudy
(c) It is the best water she has ever had
(d) It tastes like minerals

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many piles of logs does Pa make over the days?

3. Where is Pa when the chimney catches on fire?

4. Where does Pa find Mr. Scott one morning?

5. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?

(see the answer key)

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