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

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

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

5. What does Pa tell Laura the government will do about the Indians?
(a) They will imprison the Indians
(b) They will send the Indians south
(c) They will let the Indians stay and share the land
(d) They will sent the Indians west

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

7. What do the girls say the Indians had eaten in the village?
(a) Quail
(b) Rabbits
(c) Cornmeal pancakes
(d) Fried Indian bread

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

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

10. Why does Pa bring Jack into the house the night he stops plowing early?
(a) Jack needs a bath too
(b) The girls want to play with him
(c) He is going over to the Scotts
(d) The Indians are making more and more noise

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

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

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

14. How did the cowboys and Pa bring a cow to their homestead?
(a) They hobbled her legs so she could not run
(b) They walked her on a rope
(c) They pulled her by ropes tied to her horns
(d) They drove her with a herd dog

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