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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 when he decides to take Jack to the Indian camp with him?
(a) Pours water into a canteen for Jack to drink
(b) Leaves his gun for Ma
(c) Makes Jack a long leash
(d) Makes a quick collar for Jack out of an old belt

2. What does Mary and Laura do with their beads?
(a) Give them to their Ma
(b) Make a necklace for Carrie
(c) Sew them on their shoes
(d) Sew them on their dresses

3. What does Mr. Edwards say Santa was riding when Santa was in Independence?
(a) A sleigh pulled by mules
(b) He was riding a large elk
(c) A large bay horse
(d) A huge mule with donkeys loaded with presents

4. Who told Pa that the Indians wanted to kill all the settlers?
(a) An Osage Indian
(b) A soldier who came by the house.
(c) Mr. Scott
(d) No one

5. What is sod?
(a) The high tops of the prairie grass
(b) Rich, black dirt
(c) The roots and leaves of the prairie grass
(d) The thick, tangled grass roots

6. What does Pa say is the reason the prairie was burned?
(a) The Indians set it to drive off the white settlers
(b) Lightning struck the prairie somewhere
(c) Indians do it every year to make a clear way for their horses
(d) Someone became careless with a campfire

7. What does Laura do with the stick that is on fire on the cabin floor?
(a) Stomps it out
(b) Throws a bucket of water on it
(c) Throws it in the fireplace
(d) Throws it outside

8. Who does Pa say has ridden past the house in the night?
(a) Some soldiers
(b) No one he knows
(c) Mr. Edwards
(d) The Osage Pa has talked to

9. For what does Ma say they planned to use the bundle of furs the Indians did not take?
(a) The white sugar from Independence
(b) The plow and seed
(c) Cornmeal and oats
(d) Salted pork

10. Where does Ma say the voice of Alfarata went?
(a) To the Mountains
(b) To the Sea
(c) South
(d) West

11. Why are the cowboys singing?
(a) They are having a dance
(b) It is the summer solstice
(c) They are keeping the cattle calm
(d) They are visiting with the Indians

12. What does Pa tell Ma the folks in Independence are saying about the Indians?
(a) The Indians have said only the people there now can stay
(b) The Indians are going to leave for the west
(c) The Indians are going to start a war
(d) The government is going to make the white people leave the Indain land

13. What does Ma say she and the girls would have done if the fire had come while Pa was gone?
(a) Gone to the Indian camp
(b) Stayed in the house
(c) Run to Mr. Edwards
(d) Gone to the creek

14. What does Ma say she feels after they watch the last of the Indians go by?
(a) Still afraid
(b) Uncertain
(c) Very happy
(d) Let down

15. 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) At his cabin on the prairie
(c) In Wisconsin
(d) When he was a young man on the Mississippi

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Laura when she falls asleep waiting for her Pa to come home?

2. Who is giving Laura medicine when she wakes up one day?

3. How was Pa finally able to milk the cow?

4. What did Mr. Edwards bring with him to contribute to the meal?

5. What does Ma fix Pa when he comes in from Independence?

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