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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa use for a temporary roof?
(a) Thatch
(b) Tree branches tied together
(c) The wagon canvas
(d) Woven prairie grasses

2. What kind of trees were around the place Pa chooses for a house?
(a) Pine
(b) Beech
(c) None
(d) Oak

3. What do the girls have to clean out of the house before they can move into it?
(a) The mud splatters from chinking the walls
(b) All the grass on the floor
(c) Any insects or ants they can find
(d) All the wood chips

4. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?
(a) Two stags fighting
(b) A tornado
(c) Howling wolves
(d) The ice breaking on the lake

5. What do Laura and Pa wish when they hear wolves?
(a) That the pack was not so close
(b) That Jack was with them
(c) That the wolves would finish hunting quickly and leave
(d) That they were already in a house

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?

2. What river is near the Ingalls’ homestead site?

3. How is the family carrying their supplies and the people?

4. Who drives the wagon across the ford?

5. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?

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