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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 happens to Laura when she falls asleep waiting for her Pa to come home?
(a) Nothing happens to her
(b) She falls asleep at the kitchen table
(c) She goes to sleep and falls off the bench
(d) She begins to hear Indians at the door

2. What does Pa say about the old trail by the house?
(a) It is called a low road
(b) The animals use it to get to the water
(c) It is not used by the deer
(d) He did not know Indians still used it

3. What does Pa tell Ma to do when he hands her four dead geese?
(a) Save the feathers
(b) He will take a dressed bird to Mr. Edwards
(c) Hang them outside
(d) Cook only one

4. What does Pa tell Ma the folks in Independence are saying about the Indians?
(a) The Indians are going to leave for the west
(b) The government is going to make the white people leave the Indain land
(c) The Indians are going to start a war
(d) The Indians have said only the people there now can stay

5. Why does Pa chain Jack to the stable door at night?
(a) Mr. Edwards’ horses had been stolen
(b) Jack likes to sleep with the horses
(c) Jack cannot sleep in the house when Pa is there
(d) To keep him from running off

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the cowboys and Pa bring a cow to their homestead?

2. What does Pa say some of the settlers are talking about doing?

3. What does Pa think caused the illness?

4. Why was Laura anxious about not having snow?

5. What kind of berries do Ma and Laura go to pick?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does a prairie fire appear and what do Ma and Pa do about it? What is the result of their efforts?

2. What does Pa do after the Indians quiet down and some leave? Who does he meet and what does Pa find out about the Indians?

3. What does Pa say is the scream and how is the problem solved?

4. Who helps the Ingalls family when they are sick and how do they help them?

5. How does the family almost lose the furs Pa has collected and what do they lose?

6. What does the family end up getting from the cattlemen and what does Pa get from it that night?

7. How does Mr. Edwards get to the Ingalls for Christmas and what does he bring with him?

8. What do Mr. Scott and Mr. Edwards think about the prairie and what how do they feel about the Indians getting together?

9. What happens when Mr. Edwards stops by to do chores when Pa goes to Independence?

10. What does Pa agree to do for the cattlemen who come by the house and what do they offer him?

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