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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa tell Ma to do when he hands her four dead geese?
(a) Save the feathers
(b) Cook only one
(c) He will take a dressed bird to Mr. Edwards
(d) Hang them outside

2. What do the girls wear to bed?
(a) Flannel pajama pants
(b) Red flannel nightgowns
(c) Flower-pattern nightgowns
(d) Cotton gingham nightgowns

3. Who is taking care of the family when they are sick?
(a) Mrs. Scott
(b) No one
(c) Mr. Edwards
(d) The two bachelors

4. What does Pa say the noise from the Indians is?
(a) Their spring meetup
(b) A war chant
(c) A jamboree
(d) A dance

5. What does Pa do with Pet and Patty when the fire is coming?
(a) Sends them to the creek
(b) Plows a furrow between the fire and the house
(c) Leaves them on the plow while he draws buckets of water
(d) Puts them behind the house

6. What does Mr. Edwards tell Ma about the Indians?
(a) They have all left
(b) They are meeting with the government next week
(c) They are all camped in the shelter of the bluffs
(d) They attacked the two bachelors last night

7. What does Pa do to prepare for possible problems with the Indians?
(a) Uses all of his lead and makes bullets
(b) Muds the outside of the house so it will not burn
(c) Teaches Jack to attack on command
(d) Teaches the girls how to fire the pistol

8. Who is giving Laura medicine when she wakes up one day?
(a) Dr. Tan
(b) Ma
(c) Dr. Kotte
(d) An Indian medicine man

9. What did Mr. Edwards bring with him to contribute to the meal?
(a) A chocolate cake
(b) Cranberry sauce
(c) 9 sweet potatoes
(d) 2 turtledoves

10. What massacre does Mrs. Scott talk to Ma about?
(a) Wounded Knee Massacreq
(b) The Minnesota Massacre
(c) Fort Laramie Massacre
(d) The Homesteader Massacre

11. What does Pa say some of the settlers are talking about doing?
(a) Leaving the area
(b) Forming a militia
(c) Going and talking with the Indians
(d) Building a stockade

12. What does Pa make Ma while he is recovering from the illness?
(a) A spinning wheel
(b) A hair brush
(c) A bread box
(d) A rocking chair

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 creek
(b) Stayed in the house
(c) Gone to the Indian camp
(d) Run to Mr. Edwards

14. What does Pa see that makes him say it is time for him to return to Independence?
(a) The first grass coming up
(b) Indians moving south
(c) Geese flying south
(d) The sun coming out an hour earlier

15. Where are the men taking the cattle?
(a) Fort Laramie
(b) Fort Dodge
(c) Independence
(d) Kansas City

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of special treat does Pa bring from Independence?

2. What does Pa say about the old trail by the house?

3. What is preventing Pa from playing the fiddle at night?

4. What is in the middle of the combs Pa brings Mary and Laura?

5. What does Pa say is the reasons the Indians are leaving in different directions?

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