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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 does the prairie fire look like from a distance?
(a) A sea of yellow wheat
(b) A mass of orange color
(c) A great storm
(d) A hazy fog

2. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?
(a) A cow, a bull, and a calf
(b) Two cows and a bull
(c) A side of beef
(d) A new cow

3. What does Mr. Edwards tell Ma about the Indians?
(a) They have all left
(b) They are meeting with the government next week
(c) They are all camped in the shelter of the bluffs
(d) They attacked the two bachelors last night

4. What does Ma do when an Indian comes in the house and speaks to Pa?
(a) Sits down with Pa and the Indian
(b) She ties Jack to the bed and hides Pa’s pistol
(c) Makes both Pa and the Indian dinner
(d) Sends the girls to the barn

5. What is preventing Pa from playing the fiddle at night?
(a) He has broken one of the strings on his fiddle
(b) Carrie is having a hard time sleeping at night
(c) It is raining too much
(d) There are too many mosquitoes out

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Pa think the Indian was speaking?

2. What does Pa say the noise from the Indians is?

3. What game do Mary and Laura play with Carrie?

4. Where does Mr. Edwards tell the girls Santa said he last saw Edwards?

5. What surprise does Pa bring Ma from Independence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What keeps the family awake for several nights and what does Laura see when it finally stops?

5. What do Mary and Laura do with their findings from the Indian village?

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

7. What can the settlers hear from the Indians and how are the settlers feeling about what they hear?

8. How does Jack, Pa and Ma feel about all the Indians going down the trail?

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

10. What happens one day when the chimney catches on fire?

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