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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 does Pa use to hold the fireplace rocks together?
(a) A mixture of straw and mud
(b) Mortar
(c) A mixture of clay and water
(d) Cement

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

3. What was the first food Ma cooked in the new fireplace?
(a) Cornbread
(b) Chicken
(c) Beef stew
(d) Prairie Hen

4. When did Pet deliver a colt?
(a) The day Ma sprained her ankle
(b) Right after the house was finished
(c) Right after the stable was built
(d) Before Pa met Mr. Edwards

5. What does Pa do every morning before going down into the well he is digging?
(a) Sends a candle to the bottom
(b) Pours water from the creek into the well
(c) Changes into his old clothes
(d) Releases a bird into the well

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Indians make Ma do?

2. How does the family come to own two mustangs?

3. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?

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

5. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?

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