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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family come to own two mustangs?
(a) Pa buys them
(b) Pa trades their horses for them
(c) They find them attached to a wagon whose owner is dead
(d) Pa catches them wild on the prairie

2. What does Pa say is the reason the prairie was burned?
(a) Lightning struck the prairie somewhere
(b) The Indians set it to drive off the white settlers
(c) Indians do it every year to make a clear way for their horses
(d) Someone became careless with a campfire

3. How does Pa fasten the barn door shut?
(a) With a latch
(b) With a pole
(c) With a chain
(d) With a handle

4. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?
(a) So Ma can do the laundry
(b) For the horses to drink
(c) So the family can bathe
(d) So they can bathe Jack

5. What does Patty do when Pet tries to eat Patty’s food?
(a) Kicks Pet
(b) Nips Pet with her teeth
(c) Stomps on Pet's foot
(d) Pushes Pet away

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hinges does Pa put on the cabin door?

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

3. What is sod?

4. How many piles of logs does Pa make over the days?

5. What does Laura consider doing when the Indians enter the house?

(see the answer key)

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