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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?
(a) A new cow
(b) A cow, a bull, and a calf
(c) Two cows and a bull
(d) A side of beef

5. Why was Bunny shut in the stable?
(a) She is ready to birth a colt
(b) So she would not follow her mother
(c) She has colic
(d) She has a lame leg

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

7. 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 start a war
(d) The Indians are going to leave for the west

8. What does Pa do when he comes in early from plowing?
(a) Hitches Pet and Patty to the wagon.
(b) Does all his chores and puts the animals in the barn
(c) Takes his Saturday bath.
(d) Gets his gun to go hunting

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

10. What does Pa do with Pet and Patty when the fire is coming?
(a) Puts them behind the house
(b) Leaves them on the plow while he draws buckets of water
(c) Plows a furrow between the fire and the house
(d) Sends them to the creek

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pa say has ridden past the house in the night?

2. What did Laura do with Mary and Carrie when a burning stick fell into the cabin?

3. What does Ma say she and the girls would have done if the fire had come while Pa was gone?

4. What wakes the Ingalls in the night and causes Pa to jump out of his bed?

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

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