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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?
(a) Missouri
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Kansas
(d) Minnesota

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

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

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

6. Why does Pa think the eyes they see in the dark are not from a wolf?
(a) They shine green instead of red
(b) The horses do not appear upset
(c) The animal in the dark is too quiet
(d) The animal in the dark is alone

7. What are the first two logs Pa put into a ditch for the house called?
(a) Studs
(b) Sills
(c) Foundation beams
(d) Joists

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?
(a) 35 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 40 miles
(d) 60 miles

15. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?
(a) They spotted a huge wolf pack
(b) There was a cougar chasing them
(c) Pa cuts his leg while hunting
(d) Pa wanted to stretch Patty's legs

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the two bachelors’ house?

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

3. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?

4. What kind of floor does Pa make for the cabin?

5. What does Mr. Edwards tell Laura he is?

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