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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family come to own two mustangs?
(a) They find them attached to a wagon whose owner is dead
(b) Pa catches them wild on the prairie
(c) Pa trades their horses for them
(d) Pa buys them

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

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

5. What are the first two logs Pa put into a ditch for the house called?
(a) Foundation beams
(b) Sills
(c) Studs
(d) Joists

Short Answer Questions

1. What river is near the Ingalls’ homestead site?

2. How does Pa bring logs up from the creek bottom?

3. Who drives the wagon across the ford?

4. What happened to Ma when a log fell on her?

5. Why does Ma cook outside after they move into the nearly finished house?

(see the answer key)

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