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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?
(a) Pushing on Mary
(b) Playing with her food
(c) Reading a book
(d) Singing

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

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

4. How far from Independence does Pa say they are in Chapter 4?
(a) 35 miles
(b) 100 miles
(c) 40 miles
(d) 60 miles

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are in the house when two Indians enter it?

2. How big was the wolf pack Pa saw on the prairie?

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

4. What did they name Pet’s colt?

5. What did Ma do to help Pa build the house when the logs were three logs high?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does it take for Mr. Edwards and Pa to finish the house and why is Mr. Edwards helping them?

2. What do Laura and Mary do after breakfast?

3. Why does Charles Ingalls want to move west?

4. Where do the Ingalls stop for supplies and where do they spend the first night on the road? What do they hear that first night?

5. How does Jack appear at the camp on the prairie?

6. What does Laura tell her Pa about Jack and the Indians and what is his response?

7. How does Pa encounter a huge wolf pack and what does he do when they are around him?

8. What does Mr. Edwards look like and what does he tell Laura he is?

9. How does the house and the barn get doors?

10. Why is Laura worried about crossing the creek?

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