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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 Ma do with the first milk Pa gets from the cow?
(a) Makes butter
(b) Gives it to Carrie
(c) Puts it into the cornbread
(d) Saves it for mashed potatoes

2. What does Pa say about the old trail by the house?
(a) It is not used by the deer
(b) The animals use it to get to the water
(c) He did not know Indians still used it
(d) It is called a low road

3. What kind of berries do Ma and Laura go to pick?
(a) Strawberries
(b) Raspberries
(c) Blackberries
(d) Blueberries

4. What does Pa tell the Scotts is the reason he came to their house in the middle of the night?
(a) The cow ran away in their direction
(b) He thinks he heard a gunshot
(c) Jack ran off barking into the distance
(d) He does not talk to the Scotts

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why didn’t Mary want to play hop-scotch?

2. What does Mr. Edwards say he did to get to the Ingalls house Christmas morning?

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

4. What does Pa tell Ma to do when he hands her four dead geese?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pa begin to do in the spring and why is he doing it?

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

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

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

7. Where does Pa take Mary and Laura in Chapter 14 and what do they find there?

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 family almost lose the furs Pa has collected and what do they lose?

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

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