3. Why didn’t Mary want to play hop-scotch?
(a) She does not think it to be ladylike
(b) She wants to sew instead
(c) She always loses to Laura
(d) She has a sore foot

4. What did Laura do with Mary and Carrie when a burning stick fell into the cabin?
(a) Yelled at Mary and grabbed Carrie
(b) Pulled the rocking chair away from the stick
(c) Nothing
(d) Slapped Mary to get her out of her paralyzed fear

5. Why does Pa look pleased when he comes in from plowing?
(a) Mr. Edwards came by and dropped off some butter
(b) The prairie fire has made plowing easier
(c) He has shot three rabbits while plowing
(d) The Indians have quieted down

6. What does Pa bring into the house the day before Christmas?
(a) A large turkey
(b) A small boar
(c) A wooly mammoth
(d) Five quail

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

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

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

10. What happens to Mr. Edwards when he visits them after Pa goes to Independence?
(a) He sprains his ankle
(b) He breaks his finger using the axe
(c) Jack chases him up the woodpile
(d) Nothing happens to him

11. Why does Laura bolt upright in the bed and scream?
(a) She thought she saw an Indian looking in through the window
(b) A noise has frightened her
(c) Jack is growling through the window
(d) She has a nightmare

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

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

14. What does Ma say she and the girls would have done if the fire had come while Pa was gone?
(a) Stayed in the house
(b) Gone to the creek
(c) Gone to the Indian camp
(d) Run to Mr. Edwards

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