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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 make Ma while he is recovering from the illness?
(a) A rocking chair
(b) A bread box
(c) A spinning wheel
(d) A hair brush

2. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Porridge and milk
(b) Pancakes and bacon
(c) Cheese and toast
(d) Eggs and ham

3. How much of the house does Pa and Mr. Edwards get done the first day he comes over?
(a) Half of it
(b) Two-thirds of it
(c) All but the roof
(d) All but the windows and roof

4. What does Mr. Edwards tell Ma about the Indians?
(a) They have all left
(b) They are meeting with the government next week
(c) They attacked the two bachelors last night
(d) They are all camped in the shelter of the bluffs

5. What does Pa do when he comes home?
(a) Goes after the Indians
(b) Plays the fiddle
(c) Starts to clean the logs he brought
(d) Skins a rabbit

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa tell Ma to do when he hands her four dead geese?

2. Why does Pa want the family to move?

3. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?

4. What is unusual about the two bachelors’ house?

5. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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