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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?
(a) The baby is crying
(b) She is too excited about Jack
(c) Her parents are talking
(d) The horses are making a lot of noise eating

2. Why does Ma cook outside after they move into the nearly finished house?
(a) The fireplace is not built
(b) IT is too hot to cook inside
(c) Ma likes to feel the breeze and the sun when she cooks
(d) The stove has not yet been set up

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

4. What are bothering the girls at the creek?
(a) Horseflies
(b) Mosquitoes
(c) There is a crow that keeps buzzing them
(d) Jack is barking too much

5. What is unusual about the two bachelors’ house?
(a) It is not a log cabin
(b) It is built partially underground
(c) It has two floors
(d) It is built so that the middle of the house is on the line between their two farms

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Pa get the nails to use on the roof?

5. Where does the family spend the night the first day on the road?

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