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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the family spend the night the first day on the road?
(a) At a trade station
(b) At Ma's parents' house
(c) At Pepin
(d) In an abandoned cabin

2. Who drives the wagon across the ford?
(a) Laura
(b) Ma
(c) Pa
(d) Mary

3. Where does Pa decide to move the family?
(a) To New England
(b) To Arizona
(c) To the Indian territory
(d) To the South

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

5. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?
(a) Hangs it on a branch
(b) Hangs it on a clothesline
(c) Hangs it on the wagon
(d) Lays it out on some tall grass

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?

5. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?

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