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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. For what does Ma say they planned to use the bundle of furs the Indians did not take?
(a) Cornmeal and oats
(b) The white sugar from Independence
(c) The plow and seed
(d) Salted pork

2. Why was Bunny shut in the stable?
(a) She has colic
(b) She has a lame leg
(c) She is ready to birth a colt
(d) So she would not follow her mother

3. Where does Mr. Edwards tell the girls Santa said he last saw Edwards?
(a) When he was lying on a cornhusk mattress in Tennessee
(b) When he was a young man on the Mississippi
(c) In Wisconsin
(d) At his cabin on the prairie

4. What does Pa say some of the settlers are talking about doing?
(a) Building a stockade
(b) Forming a militia
(c) Going and talking with the Indians
(d) Leaving the area

5. What does Ma do when the girls hear the Indians in the distance?
(a) Loads the cannon for battle
(b) Takes out Pa's pistol
(c) Tells them to ignore it
(d) Brings the girls and Jack inside and locks the doors

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma fix Pa when he comes in from Independence?

2. Where does Pa go the second day after the Indians rode away?

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

4. What did Laura do with Mary and Carrie when a burning stick fell into the cabin?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Pa eat when he feels better and what does Mrs. Scott think of his choice of foods?

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

9. How does the Ingalls family become sick?

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

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