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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Pa decide they are going to leave?
(a) At the end of Spring
(b) The end of Winter
(c) August
(d) Summer

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

3. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?
(a) The ice breaking on the lake
(b) A tornado
(c) Two stags fighting
(d) Howling wolves

4. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?
(a) Under a tree
(b) Under the wagon
(c) In the wagon
(d) With the horses

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma complain about when Jack comes into the camp?

2. How does the family cross the Missouri River?

3. Where does the family spend the night the first day on the road?

4. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?

5. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?

(see the answer key)

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