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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the wagon as they cross the creek?
(a) Nothing happens
(b) One of the horses stumbles in the water
(c) The front brake smashes on a rock
(d) The right rear wheel gets stuck in the sandy bottom

2. What happened to Ma when a log fell on her?
(a) It killed her
(b) It broke her ankle
(c) It sprained her ankle
(d) It sprained her arm

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

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

5. What did Ma do to help Pa build the house when the logs were three logs high?
(a) Helped him lift the logs up.
(b) Ma did not help with the house.
(c) Held one end of the top log while Pa put the other end up
(d) Pulled on the lever while he rolled the log.

6. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Cheese and toast
(b) Porridge and milk
(c) Pancakes and bacon
(d) Eggs and ham

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

8. What does Ma do with the dish-cloth when she finishes the dishes?
(a) Hangs it on a clothesline
(b) Lays it out on some tall grass
(c) Hangs it on a branch
(d) Hangs it on the wagon

9. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?
(a) 5 miles
(b) 2 miles
(c) 6 miles
(d) 3 miles

10. What does Ma complain about when Jack comes into the camp?
(a) Jack wants food immediately
(b) Laura and Pa's screams wake the baby
(c) He is covered in thistles
(d) Laura gets all wet hugging him

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

12. What does Pa tell the girls not to play with down at the creek?
(a) Frogs
(b) Snakes
(c) Rocks
(d) Spiders

13. What is unusual about the two bachelors’ house?
(a) It is built so that the middle of the house is on the line between their two farms
(b) It is not a log cabin
(c) It has two floors
(d) It is built partially underground

14. What does Laura almost do when her father is not watching at the creek?
(a) Throw a frog on Mary's lap
(b) Splash Mary with water
(c) Pick up a garden snake
(d) Put her foot in the water

15. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?
(a) She is too excited about Jack
(b) The baby is crying
(c) Her parents are talking
(d) The horses are making a lot of noise eating

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pa feed Pet and Patty when he chains them to the feed-box?

2. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?

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

4. Why does Laura worry about Jack and the crossing of the creek?

5. What are the first two logs Pa put into a ditch for the house called?

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