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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 did Ma do to help Pa build the house when the logs were three logs high?
(a) Helped him lift the logs up.
(b) Held one end of the top log while Pa put the other end up
(c) Ma did not help with the house.
(d) Pulled on the lever while he rolled the log.

2. What does Pa do with Jack when Pa leaves?
(a) Chains him to the stable
(b) Leaves him running loose
(c) Ties him to the wagon wheel
(d) Stakes him in front of the house on a rope

3. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?
(a) So they can bathe Jack
(b) So Ma can do the laundry
(c) For the horses to drink
(d) So the family can bathe

4. Why does Laura worry about Jack and the crossing of the creek?
(a) Pa will not let Jack ride in the wagon
(b) Jack will not stay in the wagon
(c) Jack does not know how to swim
(d) Jack has very short hair and the water is very cold

5. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?
(a) The Flynns
(b) The Roberts
(c) The Parkers
(d) The Scotts

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pa fasten the barn door shut?

2. What does Pa tell the girls not to play with down at the creek?

3. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?

4. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?

5. What does Patty do when Pet tries to eat Patty’s food?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the house and the barn get doors?

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

3. What does Pa do with Pet and Patty when they camp on the prairie?

4. Why is Laura worried about crossing the creek?

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

6. What does Mr. Edwards look like and what does he tell Laura he is?

7. What does the family do after Pa and Mr. Edwards finish the house, except for the roof?

8. How does Pa acquire mustangs and what are the mustangs’ names?

9. What does Pa make for the cabin at the beginning of Chapter 12 and how does Ma help?

10. 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?

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