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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Laura worry about Jack and the crossing of the creek?
(a) Jack will not stay in the wagon
(b) Jack has very short hair and the water is very cold
(c) Pa will not let Jack ride in the wagon
(d) Jack does not know how to swim

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?

2. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?

3. What does Patty do when Pet tries to eat Patty’s food?

4. How does the family come to own two mustangs?

5. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?

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