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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 has ridden past the house in the night?
(a) No one he knows
(b) Some soldiers
(c) Mr. Edwards
(d) The Osage Pa has talked to

2. What does Pa see that makes him say it is time for him to return to Independence?
(a) The sun coming out an hour earlier
(b) Indians moving south
(c) Geese flying south
(d) The first grass coming up

3. Why are the cowboys singing?
(a) They are visiting with the Indians
(b) They are keeping the cattle calm
(c) It is the summer solstice
(d) They are having a dance

4. What does Ma decide to do after the girls go to bed the night before Christmas?
(a) Hang their stockings
(b) Help Pa erect a bridge
(c) Goes to bed early
(d) Sings Christmas carols with Pa

5. What does Mr. Edwards say he did to get to the Ingalls house Christmas morning?
(a) He felled a tree at the creek to join up with the one Ma and Pa put there
(b) He left two days before to go around the creek
(c) He went to Independence first and came from that direction
(d) He took off his clothes and swam the creek

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were there small holes in the ground at the Indian camp?

2. What does Ma say she feels after they watch the last of the Indians go by?

3. What is sod?

4. What do the pioneers call malaria?

5. What does Ma say she and the girls would have done if the fire had come while Pa was gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the family worry about Pa getting back from Independence and what does he manage to bring with him without breaking it?

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

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

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

5. Where does Pa take Mary and Laura in Chapter 14 and what do they find there?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. How do Mary and Laura find out there is something going on with the Indians and what does Pa say is happening?

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