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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laura tell her Ma Laura would like to see now that they are in Indian territory?
(a) A teepee
(b) A papoose
(c) An Indian woman dressed in buckskins
(d) An Indian village

2. How does the family get the goods they need to travel?
(a) They trade for them with fur
(b) They steal them
(c) They trade two cows for the needed supplies
(d) They buy them with gold bullion

3. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?
(a) Nothing happens
(b) One of the horses stumbles in the water
(c) The front brake smashes on a rock
(d) The right rear wheel gets stuck in the sandy bottom

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

5. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?
(a) Minnesota
(b) Kansas
(c) Missouri
(d) Wisconsin

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pa decide to move the family?

2. What does Pa feed Pet and Patty when he chains them to the feed-box?

3. How does the family cross the Missouri River?

4. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?

5. Why does Pa want the family to move?

(see the answer key)

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