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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the two bachelors’ house?
(a) It is built partially underground
(b) It is built so that the middle of the house is on the line between their two farms
(c) It is not a log cabin
(d) It has two floors

2. Why does Pa want the family to move?
(a) He has lost his farm
(b) He thinks wild animals are being kept away from the area
(c) He believes that wild animals will overrun the area
(d) His brother is also moving there

3. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?
(a) The Parkers
(b) The Flynns
(c) The Scotts
(d) The Roberts

4. How much of the house does Pa and Mr. Edwards get done the first day he comes over?
(a) All but the roof
(b) Two-thirds of it
(c) All but the windows and roof
(d) Half of it

5. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?
(a) 35 miles
(b) 40 miles
(c) 60 miles
(d) 100 miles

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From where did the family with malaria come?

3. What did Ma do to help Pa build the house when the logs were three logs high?

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

5. What does Laura tell her Ma Laura would like to see now that they are in Indian territory?

(see the answer key)

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