2. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?
(a) A side of beef
(b) A new cow
(c) Two cows and a bull
(d) A cow, a bull, and a calf

3. Who is leading the Indians who ride past the house in Chapter 27?
(a) American cavalrymen
(b) Five Indian chiefs
(c) Chief Du Chene
(d) Chief Running Iron

4. What does Pa tell the Scotts is the reason he came to their house in the middle of the night?
(a) Jack ran off barking into the distance
(b) The cow ran away in their direction
(c) He does not talk to the Scotts
(d) He thinks he heard a gunshot

5. How does Pa get his boots off?
(a) He uses a shoe horn
(b) Ma helps him
(c) He never takes them off
(d) He uses a bootjack

6. On what does Mrs. Scott blame the Ingalls’ illness?
(a) The berries they ate
(b) The water in the well
(c) Eating watermelons
(d) The mosquitoes

7. What is in the middle of the combs Pa brings Mary and Laura?
(a) A dog's head
(b) A triangle with flowers
(c) A flower
(d) A star

8. What wakes the Ingalls in the night and causes Pa to jump out of his bed?
(a) Wolves banging on the door
(b) Indians surrounding the house and yelling
(c) The horses squealing
(d) A woman screaming

9. What task must soon be done as the spring comes?
(a) Plowing
(b) Buying new land
(c) Building a bridge
(d) Digging a new cellar

10. Where does Mr. Edwards tell the girls Santa said he last saw Edwards?
(a) When he was lying on a cornhusk mattress in Tennessee
(b) When he was a young man on the Mississippi
(c) In Wisconsin
(d) At his cabin on the prairie

11. Why didn’t Mary want to play hop-scotch?
(a) She wants to sew instead
(b) She always loses to Laura
(c) She does not think it to be ladylike
(d) She has a sore foot

12. What does Pa tell Laura the government will do about the Indians?
(a) They will send the Indians south
(b) They will sent the Indians west
(c) They will let the Indians stay and share the land
(d) They will imprison the Indians

13. What does Ma do when an Indian comes in the house and speaks to Pa?
(a) Sends the girls to the barn
(b) She ties Jack to the bed and hides Pa’s pistol
(c) Sits down with Pa and the Indian
(d) Makes both Pa and the Indian dinner

14. Why does Pa look pleased when he comes in from plowing?
(a) The Indians have quieted down
(b) He has shot three rabbits while plowing
(c) The prairie fire has made plowing easier
(d) Mr. Edwards came by and dropped off some butter

15. What does Ma fix Pa when he comes in from Independence?
(a) A cup of hot tea
(b) A plate of eggs and salt pork
(c) A cup of coffee with brown sugar
(d) A hot chicken sandwich with gravy