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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Pa decide they are going to leave?
(a) Summer
(b) At the end of Spring
(c) The end of Winter
(d) August

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

4. What does Laura consider doing when the Indians enter the house?
(a) Running to the creek to find Pa
(b) Taking the axe to the house
(c) Hiding in the stable
(d) Letting Jack loose

5. What does Pa use to hold the fireplace rocks together?
(a) A mixture of clay and water
(b) Mortar
(c) Cement
(d) A mixture of straw and mud

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

7. What kind of trees were around the place Pa chooses for a house?
(a) Pine
(b) Beech
(c) None
(d) Oak

8. How many piles of logs does Pa make over the days?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1

9. Who does Pa say is living about nine miles away?
(a) No one
(b) The Olsons
(c) Two families who are living together
(d) Two bachelors

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

11. How big was the wolf pack Pa saw on the prairie?
(a) 10 strong
(b) 30 strong
(c) 25 strong
(d) 50 strong

12. Why does Laura worry about Jack and the crossing of the creek?
(a) Pa will not let Jack ride in the wagon
(b) Jack has very short hair and the water is very cold
(c) Jack does not know how to swim
(d) Jack will not stay in the wagon

13. What does Pa tell Laura could have caused trouble with the Indians?
(a) If Jack had bitten one of them
(b) If Ma had not handed over the meat
(c) If the Indians had killed Jack
(d) If they had taken one of the girls

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

15. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?
(a) The horses are making a lot of noise eating
(b) Her parents are talking
(c) She is too excited about Jack
(d) The baby is crying

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pa bring logs up from the creek bottom?

2. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?

3. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?

4. What does Pa plan to make after he lays the floor?

5. What do the men hit at the bottom of the well before water?

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