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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. Where does Pa go at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Hunting
(b) Down to the creek for more logs
(c) To Independence
(d) To work with Mr. Edwards

2. What do the men hit at the bottom of the well before water?
(a) Quicksand
(b) Rock
(c) Nothing
(d) Clay

3. What does Pa plan to make after he lays the floor?
(a) A crib for Carrie
(b) Bunk beds for Laura and Mary
(c) A bedstead for Ma and Pa
(d) A watering trough

4. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Porridge and milk
(b) Eggs and ham
(c) Pancakes and bacon
(d) Cheese and toast

5. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?
(a) The right rear wheel gets stuck in the sandy bottom
(b) Nothing happens
(c) The front brake smashes on a rock
(d) One of the horses stumbles in the water

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hinges does Pa put on the cabin door?

2. With what does Ma stuff the bedstead mattress?

3. What does Mary sew on when Pa goes back to the creek for more rocks to finish the fireplace?

4. What kind of trees were around the place Pa chooses for a house?

5. What are bothering the girls at the creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the family stop after traveling for a few hours?

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

3. How does Pa and Ma start the house and what happens to Ma as they are building the house?

4. What happens with Pet the day after the stable is built?

5. Why is Pa not at the homestead on Sunday by suppertime?

6. How does Jack appear at the camp on the prairie?

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

8. Why does Charles Ingalls want to move west?

9. How does Pa begin to construct the fireplace?

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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