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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 get the nails to use on the roof?
(a) He brought them from their old home
(b) From Mr. Scott
(c) From the general store
(d) From Mr. Edwards

2. How does the family come to own two mustangs?
(a) Pa catches them wild on the prairie
(b) They find them attached to a wagon whose owner is dead
(c) Pa trades their horses for them
(d) Pa buys them

3. What are the first two logs Pa put into a ditch for the house called?
(a) Sills
(b) Studs
(c) Joists
(d) Foundation beams

4. How much of the house does Pa and Mr. Edwards get done the first day he comes over?
(a) All but the windows and roof
(b) Half of it
(c) Two-thirds of it
(d) All but the roof

5. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?
(a) Hangs it on a clothesline
(b) Hangs it on the wagon
(c) Lays it out on some tall grass
(d) Hangs it on a branch

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ma do to help Pa build the house when the logs were three logs high?

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

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

4. Who are in the house when two Indians enter it?

5. What do the Indians make Ma do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Charles Ingalls want to move west?

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

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

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

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

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

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 finish the fireplace and what does Ma do when he finishes it?

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

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