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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family cross the Missouri River?
(a) On a raft
(b) They do not cross the river but travel alongside it
(c) On a bridge
(d) At a ford

2. How is the family carrying their supplies and the people?
(a) A utility wagon and two saddle horses
(b) A covered wagon
(c) A large carriage
(d) An ox cart

3. Where does Pa decide to move the family?
(a) To the Indian territory
(b) To the South
(c) To New England
(d) To Arizona

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

5. What do the Indians make Ma do?
(a) Give them the quilts on the bed
(b) Make them cornbread
(c) Give them some meat from the storage area
(d) Give them money

6. What does Ma complain about when Jack comes into the camp?
(a) Laura and Pa's screams wake the baby
(b) He is covered in thistles
(c) Laura gets all wet hugging him
(d) Jack wants food immediately

7. What was the first food Ma cooked in the new fireplace?
(a) Beef stew
(b) Chicken
(c) Prairie Hen
(d) Cornbread

8. With what does Ma stuff the bedstead mattress?
(a) Grass
(b) Down feathers
(c) Old rags
(d) Straw tick

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

10. Why does Pa want the family to move?
(a) He believes that wild animals will overrun the area
(b) He has lost his farm
(c) His brother is also moving there
(d) He thinks wild animals are being kept away from the area

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

12. Where does Pa find Mr. Scott one morning?
(a) Feeding Jack venison
(b) Sitting on the front porch
(c) Passed out in the bottom of the well
(d) Sleeping in the barn

13. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?
(a) Hangs it on a branch
(b) Lays it out on some tall grass
(c) Hangs it on a clothesline
(d) Hangs it on the wagon

14. Why does Ma cook outside after they move into the nearly finished house?
(a) The fireplace is not built
(b) Ma likes to feel the breeze and the sun when she cooks
(c) The stove has not yet been set up
(d) IT is too hot to cook inside

15. What happened to Ma when a log fell on her?
(a) It sprained her ankle
(b) It killed her
(c) It sprained her arm
(d) It broke her ankle

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are in the house when two Indians enter it?

2. What does Laura tell her Ma Laura would like to see now that they are in Indian territory?

3. How does the family come to own two mustangs?

4. Who drives the wagon across the ford?

5. What does Ma put on the mantel when it is finished?

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