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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa build after he builds the bedstead?
(a) A locked cabinet for their supplies
(b) A dog house for Jack
(c) Kitchen cabinets
(d) A clothes wardrobe

2. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?
(a) Michigan
(b) Minnesota
(c) Iowa
(d) Illinois

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

4. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Porridge and milk
(b) Pancakes and bacon
(c) Cheese and toast
(d) Eggs and ham

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

6. What does Pa do every morning before going down into the well he is digging?
(a) Releases a bird into the well
(b) Sends a candle to the bottom
(c) Pours water from the creek into the well
(d) Changes into his old clothes

7. Where does Pa put Pet and Patty after he un-harnessed them?
(a) On a picket line
(b) In the barn
(c) In a corral
(d) Ties them to some bushes so they can eat

8. What does Ma put on the mantel when it is finished?
(a) Several cast iron pots
(b) Pictures of the family
(c) A china woman from Wisconsin
(d) A mantel clock

9. What color is the table cloth in the cabin?
(a) Green
(b) Red and yellow
(c) Red checkered
(d) Blue

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

11. What does Pa do with Jack when Pa leaves?
(a) Chains him to the stable
(b) Ties him to the wagon wheel
(c) Leaves him running loose
(d) Stakes him in front of the house on a rope

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

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

14. What are bothering the girls at the creek?
(a) Jack is barking too much
(b) Mosquitoes
(c) There is a crow that keeps buzzing them
(d) Horseflies

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the family with malaria come?

2. Why did Pa tell Ma to leave the house in Chapter 10?

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

4. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?

5. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?

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