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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are bothering the girls at the creek?
(a) Jack is barking too much
(b) There is a crow that keeps buzzing them
(c) Horseflies
(d) Mosquitoes

2. What does Pa say very large wolves are called?
(a) Buffalo wolves
(b) Bear wolves
(c) Werewolves
(d) Dragon wolves

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

4. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?
(a) Missouri
(b) Kansas
(c) Wisconsin
(d) Minnesota

5. What kind of hinges does Pa put on the cabin door?
(a) Metal ones
(b) Leather ones
(c) He does not use hinges because the door is sliding
(d) Wood ones

6. What does Pa plan to make after he lays the floor?
(a) A bedstead for Ma and Pa
(b) A watering trough
(c) Bunk beds for Laura and Mary
(d) A crib for Carrie

7. Who does Pa say is living about nine miles away?
(a) The Olsons
(b) Two bachelors
(c) No one
(d) Two families who are living together

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

9. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?
(a) There was a cougar chasing them
(b) Pa wanted to stretch Patty's legs
(c) They spotted a huge wolf pack
(d) Pa cuts his leg while hunting

10. What does Pa use to hold the fireplace rocks together?
(a) A mixture of straw and mud
(b) A mixture of clay and water
(c) Cement
(d) Mortar

11. How does the family get the goods they need to travel?
(a) They buy them with gold bullion
(b) They steal them
(c) They trade two cows for the needed supplies
(d) They trade for them with fur

12. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?
(a) For the horses to drink
(b) So the family can bathe
(c) So they can bathe Jack
(d) So Ma can do the laundry

13. Why does Pa want the family to move?
(a) He has lost his farm
(b) He thinks wild animals are being kept away from the area
(c) His brother is also moving there
(d) He believes that wild animals will overrun the area

14. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?
(a) The Scotts
(b) The Flynns
(c) The Roberts
(d) The Parkers

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Pa tell Ma to leave the house in Chapter 10?

2. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?

3. What does Laura tell her Ma Laura would like to see now that they are in Indian territory?

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

5. What does Laura almost do when her father is not watching at the creek?

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