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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. Who does Pa say is living about nine miles away?
(a) No one
(b) The Olsons
(c) Two bachelors
(d) Two families who are living together

2. Where does Pa decide to move the family?
(a) To Arizona
(b) To the South
(c) To New England
(d) To the Indian territory

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

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

5. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?
(a) Under a tree
(b) In the wagon
(c) With the horses
(d) Under the wagon

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pa get the nails to use on the roof?

2. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?

3. How much of the house does Pa and Mr. Edwards get done the first day he comes over?

4. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Laura end up wading in the creek?

3. How does Pa begin to construct the fireplace?

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

5. Why is Laura worried about crossing the creek?

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

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

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

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

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

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