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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Pa and Ma fight the fire?
(a) Dumping buckets of water on it
(b) Throwing dirt on it
(c) Beating it with wet sacks
(d) They do not fight the fire

2. What does Pa see in the treetops on his way home from the Scotts’?
(a) A panther
(b) An Indian scout
(c) A Great Horned Owl
(d) Nothing, it is night

3. What kind of special treat does Pa bring from Independence?
(a) Cakes
(b) Sausage
(c) Cookies
(d) Pickles and crackers

4. Why was Laura anxious about not having snow?
(a) Santa needs snow for his reindeer
(b) The creek is getting too high with all the rain
(c) There is too much mud to walk to the barn
(d) The roof has begun to leak

5. How much milk does Pa get from the cow the first time he milks her?
(a) A bucketful
(b) None
(c) About a cup
(d) Half a bucket

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

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

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

9. What does Ma decide to do after the girls go to bed the night before Christmas?
(a) Sings Christmas carols with Pa
(b) Help Pa erect a bridge
(c) Goes to bed early
(d) Hang their stockings

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

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

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

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

14. What kind of berries do Ma and Laura go to pick?
(a) Raspberries
(b) Blueberries
(c) Strawberries
(d) Blackberries

15. What does Ma do when the girls hear the Indians in the distance?
(a) Brings the girls and Jack inside and locks the doors
(b) Takes out Pa's pistol
(c) Loads the cannon for battle
(d) Tells them to ignore it

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of symptoms does the Ingalls family have when they fall sick?

2. What does Mr. Edwards say Santa was riding when Santa was in Independence?

3. Where does Pa go the second day after the Indians rode away?

4. What does Pa bring into the house the day before Christmas?

5. Why was Laura running as the three of them returned home from the village?

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