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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) Pa buys them
(b) Pa catches them wild on the prairie
(c) They find them attached to a wagon whose owner is dead
(d) Pa trades their horses for them

2. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?
(a) For the horses to drink
(b) So Ma can do the laundry
(c) So they can bathe Jack
(d) So the family can bathe

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

4. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?
(a) 35 miles
(b) 40 miles
(c) 100 miles
(d) 60 miles

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pa use for a temporary roof?

3. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?

4. Where does Pa put Pet and Patty after he un-harnessed them?

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

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