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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Pet deliver a colt?
(a) Right after the house was finished
(b) The day Ma sprained her ankle
(c) Right after the stable was built
(d) Before Pa met Mr. Edwards

2. How was Pa finally able to milk the cow?
(a) He put her in a stall where she could not move
(b) He wedged her between the barn and the wagon
(c) He hog tied her front legs to her head
(d) He caught her between two oak stakes and the barn

3. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?
(a) Stick-and-daub
(b) Mortar and tar chinking
(c) Cross patch square
(d) Stone-set overlay

4. Who drives the wagon across the ford?
(a) Pa
(b) Mary
(c) Ma
(d) Laura

5. Why does Laura worry about Jack and the crossing of the creek?
(a) Jack has very short hair and the water is very cold
(b) Jack will not stay in the wagon
(c) Jack does not know how to swim
(d) Pa will not let Jack ride in the wagon

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Ma say they planned to use the bundle of furs the Indians did not take?

2. How does Pa bring logs up from the creek bottom?

3. Who is the only person Pet let touch her colt?

4. What do the girls say the Indians had eaten in the village?

5. Why are the cowboys singing?

(see the answer key)

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