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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ma cook outside after they move into the nearly finished house?
(a) The fireplace is not built
(b) The stove has not yet been set up
(c) Ma likes to feel the breeze and the sun when she cooks
(d) IT is too hot to cook inside

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

3. Why did the cattle move so slowly?
(a) They stopped to eat a lot
(b) The herd was mostly cows with calves
(c) They ground was too rocky to run
(d) The cowboys' horses moved slowly

4. How does the family cross the Missouri River?
(a) At a ford
(b) On a raft
(c) They do not cross the river but travel alongside it
(d) On a bridge

5. Where are the men taking the cattle?
(a) Fort Dodge
(b) Kansas City
(c) Fort Laramie
(d) Independence

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?

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

3. Where is Pa when the chimney catches on fire?

4. With what does Ma stuff the bedstead mattress?

5. Why were there small holes in the ground at the Indian camp?

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