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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What are the Indians in the house wearing?
(a) Feathered headgear
(b) Fresh skunk skins
(c) Buckskins
(d) White men's clothing

4. What do Laura and Pa wish when they hear wolves?
(a) That the pack was not so close
(b) That the wolves would finish hunting quickly and leave
(c) That they were already in a house
(d) That Jack was with them

5. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?
(a) Cross patch square
(b) Stick-and-daub
(c) Stone-set overlay
(d) Mortar and tar chinking

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

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

8. What does Pa tell the girls not to play with down at the creek?
(a) Rocks
(b) Spiders
(c) Frogs
(d) Snakes

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

10. What does Mary sew on when Pa goes back to the creek for more rocks to finish the fireplace?
(a) A new dress
(b) A tablecloth
(c) A block on her quilt
(d) A new blouse

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

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

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

14. What is unusual about the two bachelors’ house?
(a) It is built so that the middle of the house is on the line between their two farms
(b) It is built partially underground
(c) It has two floors
(d) It is not a log cabin

15. What kind of hinges does Pa put on the cabin door?
(a) He does not use hinges because the door is sliding
(b) Leather ones
(c) Metal ones
(d) Wood ones

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?

2. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?

3. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?

4. What did Pa use to finish off the logs he cut to open up the fireplace?

5. When did Pet deliver a colt?

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