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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 complain about when Jack comes into the camp?
(a) Laura gets all wet hugging him
(b) Laura and Pa's screams wake the baby
(c) Jack wants food immediately
(d) He is covered in thistles

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

3. Where does Pa find Mr. Scott one morning?
(a) Sitting on the front porch
(b) Feeding Jack venison
(c) Sleeping in the barn
(d) Passed out in the bottom of the well

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

5. Who are in the house when two Indians enter it?
(a) Mary and Ma
(b) Ma and Carrie
(c) Mary and Carrie
(d) Ma

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do Laura and Pa wish when they hear wolves?

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

5. What do the girls have to clean out of the house before they can move into it?

(see the answer key)

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