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

3. What is preventing Pa from playing the fiddle at night?
(a) It is raining too much
(b) Carrie is having a hard time sleeping at night
(c) There are too many mosquitoes out
(d) He has broken one of the strings on his fiddle

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

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

6. 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 huge mule with donkeys loaded with presents
(d) A large bay horse

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

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

9. What language does Pa think the Indian was speaking?
(a) Spanish
(b) Shoshone
(c) He had no idea
(d) French

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

11. How was Pa finally able to milk the cow?
(a) He wedged her between the barn and the wagon
(b) He put her in a stall where she could not move
(c) He hog tied her front legs to her head
(d) He caught her between two oak stakes and the barn

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

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

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

15. What does Pa wonder when they hear the Indian war cry over and over?
(a) How many he can kill before they get his family
(b) How the Indians learned to make the war cry
(c) If the Scotts and Mr. Edwards could hear the Indians
(d) If the Indians are coming that night