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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 massacre does Mrs. Scott talk to Ma about?
(a) The Minnesota Massacre
(b) Fort Laramie Massacre
(c) Wounded Knee Massacreq
(d) The Homesteader Massacre

2. What does Pa say is the reasons the Indians are leaving in different directions?
(a) The Indians do not know where the buffalo are
(b) The soldiers have told the Indians to go home
(c) The Indians are going to surround the white settlers
(d) The Indians have quarreled among themselves

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

4. What does Pa tell Laura the government will do about the Indians?
(a) They will send the Indians south
(b) They will imprison the Indians
(c) They will sent the Indians west
(d) They will let the Indians stay and share the land

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is taking care of the family when they are sick?

2. What does Pa tell the Scotts is the reason he came to their house in the middle of the night?

3. Who helps Laura get Mary water when the family is sick?

4. What does Pa do when he comes in early from plowing?

5. What does Pa do when they first get back from the Indian village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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