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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pa go at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Down to the creek for more logs
(b) To work with Mr. Edwards
(c) Hunting
(d) To Independence

2. What does Laura do with the stick that is on fire on the cabin floor?
(a) Throws a bucket of water on it
(b) Throws it outside
(c) Throws it in the fireplace
(d) Stomps it out

3. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?
(a) One of the horses stumbles in the water
(b) The right rear wheel gets stuck in the sandy bottom
(c) The front brake smashes on a rock
(d) Nothing happens

4. What does Pa use for a temporary roof?
(a) The wagon canvas
(b) Woven prairie grasses
(c) Thatch
(d) Tree branches tied together

5. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?
(a) Mortar and tar chinking
(b) Cross patch square
(c) Stone-set overlay
(d) Stick-and-daub

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Pa hold together the cabin door?

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

4. What does Pa see in the treetops on his way home from the Scotts’?

5. How does the family get the goods they need to travel?

(see the answer key)

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