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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Pa when the chimney catches on fire?
(a) Hunting
(b) Helping Mr. Edwards
(c) At Independence
(d) Cutting logs

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

5. Where does Pa go the second day after the Indians rode away?
(a) To check on Mr. Edwards
(b) To see if the Scotts are okay
(c) To the creek to scout it out
(d) To finish the plowing

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

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

8. What game do Mary and Laura play with Carrie?
(a) Patty-cake
(b) Hide-and-Seek
(c) Round the Bedstead
(d) Go Call the Goose

9. What kind of symptoms does the Ingalls family have when they fall sick?
(a) Throwing up and not be able to eat
(b) Aches and cold and hot flashes
(c) Severe headaches and high fevers
(d) Running noses, congested lungs and sore throats

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

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

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

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

14. What does Pa say about the old trail by the house?
(a) It is not used by the deer
(b) The animals use it to get to the water
(c) He did not know Indians still used it
(d) It is called a low road

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pa chain Jack to the stable door at night?

2. Where does Ma say the voice of Alfarata went?

3. What does Pa tell the Scotts is the reason he came to their house in the middle of the night?

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

5. What does Pa do with Pet and Patty when the fire is coming?

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