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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Pa feed Pet and Patty when he chains them to the feed-box?
(a) Corn
(b) Oats
(c) Hay
(d) Nothing

3. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?
(a) Wolf howls
(b) Her Pa drops his gun while cleaning it
(c) A cougar screams
(d) Carrie crying

4. How does the family cross the Missouri River?
(a) On a raft
(b) They do not cross the river but travel alongside it
(c) On a bridge
(d) At a ford

5. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?
(a) So Ma can do the laundry
(b) So the family can bathe
(c) For the horses to drink
(d) So they can bathe Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Pet deliver a colt?

2. How does Pa bring logs up from the creek bottom?

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

4. What are the first two logs Pa put into a ditch for the house called?

5. What kind of trees were around the place Pa chooses for a house?

(see the answer key)

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