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

2. How does the family cross the Missouri River?
(a) On a bridge
(b) At a ford
(c) They do not cross the river but travel alongside it
(d) On a raft

3. What did Ma do to help Pa build the house when the logs were three logs high?
(a) Pulled on the lever while he rolled the log.
(b) Held one end of the top log while Pa put the other end up
(c) Ma did not help with the house.
(d) Helped him lift the logs up.

4. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?
(a) The right rear wheel gets stuck in the sandy bottom
(b) Nothing happens
(c) One of the horses stumbles in the water
(d) The front brake smashes on a rock

5. What does Laura tell her Ma Laura would like to see now that they are in Indian territory?
(a) An Indian woman dressed in buckskins
(b) A teepee
(c) An Indian village
(d) A papoose

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?

2. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?

3. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?

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

5. How many piles of logs does Pa make over the days?

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