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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ma decide to do after the girls go to bed the night before Christmas?
(a) Sings Christmas carols with Pa
(b) Help Pa erect a bridge
(c) Hang their stockings
(d) Goes to bed early

2. Why are the cowboys singing?
(a) It is the summer solstice
(b) They are visiting with the Indians
(c) They are having a dance
(d) They are keeping the cattle calm

3. What wakes the Ingalls in the night and causes Pa to jump out of his bed?
(a) Wolves banging on the door
(b) The horses squealing
(c) Indians surrounding the house and yelling
(d) A woman screaming

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

5. What did Pa use to finish off the logs he cut to open up the fireplace?
(a) He used more rocks
(b) Green oak slabs
(c) Metal sheeting
(d) Flat rocks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person Pet let touch her colt?

2. How much milk does Pa get from the cow the first time he milks her?

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

4. What was the first food Ma cooked in the new fireplace?

5. What did they name Pet’s colt?

(see the answer key)

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