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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Indians make Ma do?
(a) Give them some meat from the storage area
(b) Give them money
(c) Give them the quilts on the bed
(d) Make them cornbread

2. What does Laura almost do when her father is not watching at the creek?
(a) Splash Mary with water
(b) Throw a frog on Mary's lap
(c) Pick up a garden snake
(d) Put her foot in the water

3. What river is near the Ingalls’ homestead site?
(a) The Snake River
(b) The Mississippi River
(c) The Verdigris River
(d) The Missouri River

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

5. What do the men hit at the bottom of the well before water?
(a) Quicksand
(b) Nothing
(c) Rock
(d) Clay

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Pa think the eyes they see in the dark are not from a wolf?

3. What does Ma complain about when Jack comes into the camp?

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

5. What does Pa do every morning before going down into the well he is digging?

(see the answer key)

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