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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the pioneers call malaria?

2. On what does Mrs. Scott blame the Ingalls’ illness?

3. What does Mr. Edwards tell Ma about the Indians?

4. What does Mary and Laura do with their beads?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in Little House on the Prairie and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

Compare/contrast the characters of Mary and Laura. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Ma and Pa. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 3

How do you think the reflection of Laura looking back on her life might be very different then her life had actually been? Do you think Laura sees her past as being better than it was? Why or why not? Use examples from Little House on the Prairie to support your answer.

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