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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 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 let the Indians stay and share the land
(d) They will sent the Indians west

2. What happens to Mr. Edwards when he visits them after Pa goes to Independence?
(a) He sprains his ankle
(b) Jack chases him up the woodpile
(c) Nothing happens to him
(d) He breaks his finger using the axe

3. What does Pa wonder when they hear the Indian war cry over and over?
(a) If the Scotts and Mr. Edwards could hear the Indians
(b) How the Indians learned to make the war cry
(c) If the Indians are coming that night
(d) How many he can kill before they get his family

4. Who told Pa that the Indians wanted to kill all the settlers?
(a) A soldier who came by the house.
(b) Mr. Scott
(c) No one
(d) An Osage Indian

5. How do Pa and Ma fight the fire?
(a) They do not fight the fire
(b) Dumping buckets of water on it
(c) Throwing dirt on it
(d) Beating it with wet sacks

Short Answer Questions

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

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 Ma say she feels after they watch the last of the Indians go by?

5. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 begin to do in the spring and why is he doing it?

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

5. Why does Pa go to the Scotts’ in the middle of the night?

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

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

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

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

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

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