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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Laura running as the three of them returned home from the village?
(a) She was racing Jack
(b) She was excited to show Ma her beads
(c) Her father was walking too fast for her to keep up
(d) She was very hungry

3. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?
(a) Reading a book
(b) Singing
(c) Pushing on Mary
(d) Playing with her food

4. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?
(a) Iowa
(b) Minnesota
(c) Michigan
(d) Illinois

5. What does Pa do with Jack when Pa leaves?
(a) Leaves him running loose
(b) Chains him to the stable
(c) Stakes him in front of the house on a rope
(d) Ties him to the wagon wheel

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa tell Laura could have caused trouble with the Indians?

2. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?

3. Who does Pa say is living about nine miles away?

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

5. From where did the family with malaria come?

(see the answer key)

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