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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes Laura in the middle of the night in Chapter 7?
(a) A cougar screams
(b) Carrie crying
(c) Wolf howls
(d) Her Pa drops his gun while cleaning it

2. How is the family carrying their supplies and the people?
(a) A covered wagon
(b) An ox cart
(c) A large carriage
(d) A utility wagon and two saddle horses

3. What color is the table cloth in the cabin?
(a) Blue
(b) Red checkered
(c) Green
(d) Red and yellow

4. Why did Pa tell Ma to leave the house in Chapter 10?
(a) He is chinking the inside with smelly tar
(b) He wants to paint the walls
(c) He is putting a roof on the house
(d) It was smoky inside the fireplace

5. Where does Pa put Pet and Patty after he un-harnessed them?
(a) Ties them to some bushes so they can eat
(b) In the barn
(c) On a picket line
(d) In a corral

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Pa decide they are going to leave?

2. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?

3. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?

4. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?

5. Where do Laura and Ma make the beds in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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