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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

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

5. What does Pa do when he decides to take Jack to the Indian camp with him?
(a) Makes Jack a long leash
(b) Pours water into a canteen for Jack to drink
(c) Makes a quick collar for Jack out of an old belt
(d) Leaves his gun for Ma

6. Where does Mr. Edwards tell the girls Santa said he last saw Edwards?
(a) In Wisconsin
(b) When he was a young man on the Mississippi
(c) When he was lying on a cornhusk mattress in Tennessee
(d) At his cabin on the prairie

7. What does Pa think caused the illness?
(a) The night air
(b) The cow's milk
(c) He has no opinion
(d) The mosquitoes

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

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

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

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

12. What does Pa say is the reasons the Indians are leaving in different directions?
(a) The soldiers have told the Indians to go home
(b) The Indians do not know where the buffalo are
(c) The Indians have quarreled among themselves
(d) The Indians are going to surround the white settlers

13. What did Mr. Edwards bring with him to contribute to the meal?
(a) Cranberry sauce
(b) 2 turtledoves
(c) A chocolate cake
(d) 9 sweet potatoes

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa say the noise from the Indians is?

2. Who is giving Laura medicine when she wakes up one day?

3. What happens to Laura when she falls asleep waiting for her Pa to come home?

4. What does Ma do when an Indian comes in the house and speaks to Pa?

5. What does Pa see that makes him say it is time for him to return to Independence?

(see the answer keys)

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