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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 Ma put on the mantel when it is finished?
(a) A china woman from Wisconsin
(b) Several cast iron pots
(c) Pictures of the family
(d) A mantel clock

2. What does Pa use to hold the fireplace rocks together?
(a) A mixture of straw and mud
(b) Mortar
(c) Cement
(d) A mixture of clay and water

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

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

5. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?
(a) Pa wanted to stretch Patty's legs
(b) Pa cuts his leg while hunting
(c) There was a cougar chasing them
(d) They spotted a huge wolf pack

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the only person Pet let touch her colt?

3. What color is the table cloth in the cabin?

4. Why does Laura worry about Jack and the crossing of the creek?

5. How does Pa bring logs up from the creek bottom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pa tell the family about their neighbors as they eat dinner Sunday evening?

2. What does Pa do about the homestead not having a fireplace?

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Charles Ingalls want to move west?

8. What does Pa do every morning when digging the well with Mr. Scott and what happens to Mr. Scott in the well one morning?

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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