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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. Where does Pa put Pet and Patty after he un-harnessed them?
(a) In a corral
(b) In the barn
(c) On a picket line
(d) Ties them to some bushes so they can eat

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

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

5. Why does Pa think the eyes they see in the dark are not from a wolf?
(a) The animal in the dark is alone
(b) The horses do not appear upset
(c) They shine green instead of red
(d) The animal in the dark is too quiet

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Pa decide they are going to leave?

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

3. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?

4. Where does Pa decide to move the family?

5. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?

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