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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?
(a) Reading a book
(b) Pushing on Mary
(c) Singing
(d) Playing with her food

2. What happened to Ma when a log fell on her?
(a) It broke her ankle
(b) It killed her
(c) It sprained her ankle
(d) It sprained her arm

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

4. What do the girls have to clean out of the house before they can move into it?
(a) All the wood chips
(b) The mud splatters from chinking the walls
(c) All the grass on the floor
(d) Any insects or ants they can find

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of trees were around the place Pa chooses for a house?

2. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?

3. How does the family cross the Missouri River?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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