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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprise does Pa bring Ma from Independence?
(a) A baby crib
(b) Glass for the windows
(c) Two new pots and a hair comb
(d) A new bolt of blue cloth

2. Why does Laura bolt upright in the bed and scream?
(a) A noise has frightened her
(b) Jack is growling through the window
(c) She has a nightmare
(d) She thought she saw an Indian looking in through the window

3. 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 government is going to make the white people leave the Indain land
(c) The Indians are going to leave for the west
(d) The Indians are going to start a war

4. Why does Pa chain Jack to the stable door at night?
(a) Mr. Edwards’ horses had been stolen
(b) Jack cannot sleep in the house when Pa is there
(c) Jack likes to sleep with the horses
(d) To keep him from running off

5. What does the prairie fire look like from a distance?
(a) A great storm
(b) A sea of yellow wheat
(c) A hazy fog
(d) A mass of orange color

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

7. Why was Laura running as the three of them returned home from the village?
(a) She was very hungry
(b) She was racing Jack
(c) She was excited to show Ma her beads
(d) Her father was walking too fast for her to keep up

8. What happens to Mr. Edwards when he visits them after Pa goes to Independence?
(a) Jack chases him up the woodpile
(b) Nothing happens to him
(c) He breaks his finger using the axe
(d) He sprains his ankle

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

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

11. What does Pa do when they first get back from the Indian village?
(a) Take a bath
(b) Milk the cow
(c) Feed Jack dinner
(d) Chop wood

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

13. Who helps Laura get Mary water when the family is sick?
(a) Jack
(b) Pa
(c) Mr. Edwards
(d) Ma

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pa when the chimney catches on fire?

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

3. Why did the cattle move so slowly?

4. What does Pa do when he comes in early from plowing?

5. Why were there small holes in the ground at the Indian camp?

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