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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Laura and Ma make the beds in Chapter 5?
(a) Under the wagon body
(b) Under the wagon canvas
(c) They don't make any beds
(d) Near the fire ring

2. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?
(a) Howling wolves
(b) A tornado
(c) Two stags fighting
(d) The ice breaking on the lake

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

4. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?
(a) 5 miles
(b) 6 miles
(c) 2 miles
(d) 3 miles

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

6. What does Pa do when he comes home?
(a) Goes after the Indians
(b) Plays the fiddle
(c) Starts to clean the logs he brought
(d) Skins a rabbit

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

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

9. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?
(a) In the wagon
(b) Under the wagon
(c) With the horses
(d) Under a tree

10. 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

11. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?
(a) The Roberts
(b) The Parkers
(c) The Scotts
(d) The Flynns

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

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

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

15. What do the girls have to clean out of the house before they can move into it?
(a) All the grass on the floor
(b) The mud splatters from chinking the walls
(c) All the wood chips
(d) Any insects or ants they can find

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pa think the eyes they see in the dark are not from a wolf?

2. Where does Pa find Mr. Scott one morning?

3. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?

4. What do Laura and Pa wish when they hear wolves?

5. When does Pa decide they are going to leave?

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