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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 is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?
(a) Reading a book
(b) Singing
(c) Playing with her food
(d) Pushing on Mary

2. What kind of floor does Pa make for the cabin?
(a) He leaves the floor dirt
(b) A brick floor
(c) A puncheon floor
(d) Gravel

3. What did Pa use to finish off the logs he cut to open up the fireplace?
(a) He used more rocks
(b) Flat rocks
(c) Green oak slabs
(d) Metal sheeting

4. What does Pa use for a temporary roof?
(a) The wagon canvas
(b) Woven prairie grasses
(c) Thatch
(d) Tree branches tied together

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?

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

3. Why does Pa think the eyes they see in the dark are not from a wolf?

4. What does Pa plan to make after he lays the floor?

5. Why did Pa tell Ma to leave the house in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pa finish the fireplace and what does Ma do when he finishes it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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