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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 are the Indians in the house wearing?
(a) Buckskins
(b) Fresh skunk skins
(c) White men's clothing
(d) Feathered headgear

2. Where does the family spend the night the first day on the road?
(a) In an abandoned cabin
(b) At a trade station
(c) At Ma's parents' house
(d) At Pepin

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

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

5. What does Laura tell her Ma Laura would like to see now that they are in Indian territory?
(a) An Indian village
(b) A papoose
(c) A teepee
(d) An Indian woman dressed in buckskins

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa use for a temporary roof?

2. What does Pa do when he comes home?

3. Why does Ma cook outside after they move into the nearly finished house?

4. What are the first two logs Pa put into a ditch for the house called?

5. What do the girls have to clean out of the house before they can move into it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pa begin to construct the fireplace?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Laura tell her Pa about Jack and the Indians and what is his response?

(see the answer keys)

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