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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa build after he builds the bedstead?
(a) A clothes wardrobe
(b) A locked cabinet for their supplies
(c) A dog house for Jack
(d) Kitchen cabinets

2. With what does Ma stuff the bedstead mattress?
(a) Straw tick
(b) Grass
(c) Old rags
(d) Down feathers

3. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?
(a) Missouri
(b) Kansas
(c) Minnesota
(d) Wisconsin

4. What does Laura almost do when her father is not watching at the creek?
(a) Splash Mary with water
(b) Pick up a garden snake
(c) Put her foot in the water
(d) Throw a frog on Mary's lap

5. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?
(a) Carrie crying
(b) A cougar screams
(c) Wolf howls
(d) Her Pa drops his gun while cleaning it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?

2. What do the Indians make Ma do?

3. What does Pa do every morning before going down into the well he is digging?

4. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?

5. What does Laura consider doing when the Indians enter the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pa have problems when he feeds Pet and Patty and how is the problem resolved?

2. How does Pa encounter a huge wolf pack and what does he do when they are around him?

3. Where do the Ingalls stop for supplies and where do they spend the first night on the road? What do they hear that first night?

4. What happens when Laura and Mary are playing with Jack who is chained to the barn?

5. Why is Laura worried about crossing the creek?

6. How does Laura end up wading in the creek?

7. How does the family get across the creek and who does not make it?

8. How long does it take for Mr. Edwards and Pa to finish the house and why is Mr. Edwards helping them?

9. How does Pa get help for the roof from Mr. Edwards and what kind of floor does Pa put in the house?

10. What does Laura tell her Ma she wants to see relating to Indians and what does Laura’s Ma tell her?

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