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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 Pa do with Pet and Patty when the fire is coming?
(a) Sends them to the creek
(b) Plows a furrow between the fire and the house
(c) Leaves them on the plow while he draws buckets of water
(d) Puts them behind the house

2. What was in the very bottom of the girls’ stockings?
(a) A small necklace
(b) A handful of Indian beads
(c) A shiny, new penny
(d) A chocolate heart

3. What does Mr. Edwards say Santa was riding when Santa was in Independence?
(a) A large bay horse
(b) A huge mule with donkeys loaded with presents
(c) A sleigh pulled by mules
(d) He was riding a large elk

4. Why didn’t Mary want to play hop-scotch?
(a) She wants to sew instead
(b) She always loses to Laura
(c) She has a sore foot
(d) She does not think it to be ladylike

5. Where does Pa go the second day after the Indians rode away?
(a) To the creek to scout it out
(b) To see if the Scotts are okay
(c) To finish the plowing
(d) To check on Mr. Edwards

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma decide to do after the girls go to bed the night before Christmas?

2. What is in the middle of the combs Pa brings Mary and Laura?

3. What kind of special treat does Pa bring from Independence?

4. What does Pa say about the old trail by the house?

5. What does Pa tell Laura the government will do about the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Pa and Mr. Scott hit before they get water in the well and what does Laura think of the water?

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

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

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

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

7. Why do the girls worry about Christmas and the family worry about Mr. Edwards?

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

9. How does the Ingalls family become sick?

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

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