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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) An Indian village
(b) A teepee
(c) An Indian woman dressed in buckskins
(d) A papoose

2. 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) So they can bathe Jack
(d) For the horses to drink

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

4. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Pancakes and bacon
(b) Cheese and toast
(c) Porridge and milk
(d) Eggs and ham

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family get the goods they need to travel?

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

3. How is the family carrying their supplies and the people?

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

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

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