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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Laura get Mary water when the family is sick?
(a) Ma
(b) Mr. Edwards
(c) Jack
(d) Pa

2. What does Pa plan to make after he lays the floor?
(a) A crib for Carrie
(b) Bunk beds for Laura and Mary
(c) A watering trough
(d) A bedstead for Ma and Pa

3. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?
(a) There was a cougar chasing them
(b) Pa wanted to stretch Patty's legs
(c) They spotted a huge wolf pack
(d) Pa cuts his leg while hunting

4. How was Pa finally able to milk the cow?
(a) He put her in a stall where she could not move
(b) He hog tied her front legs to her head
(c) He wedged her between the barn and the wagon
(d) He caught her between two oak stakes and the barn

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa do when he comes home?

2. What does Mary and Laura do with their beads?

3. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?

4. What does Pa tell Laura the government will do about the Indians?

5. How did the cowboys and Pa bring a cow to their homestead?

(see the answer key)

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