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

2. What does Pa do every morning before going down into the well he is digging?
(a) Changes into his old clothes
(b) Pours water from the creek into the well
(c) Sends a candle to the bottom
(d) Releases a bird into the well

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

4. What does Laura think of the water that comes from the bottom of the well?
(a) It tastes like minerals
(b) It is the best water she has ever had
(c) It tastes a little like sulfur
(d) It seems to be a little cloudy

5. How does Pa hold together the cabin door?
(a) With sinews
(b) With ropes
(c) With pegs
(d) With nails

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Patty do when Pet tries to eat Patty’s food?

3. What does Pa build after he builds the bedstead?

4. How does the family come to own two mustangs?

5. How many piles of logs does Pa make over the days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the family do after Pa and Mr. Edwards finish the house, except for the roof?

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

3. How does Pa begin to construct the fireplace?

4. How does Pa and Ma start the house and what happens to Ma as they are building the house?

5. What does Pa do with Pet and Patty when they camp on the prairie?

6. How does Pa get help for the roof from Mr. Edwards and what kind of floor does Pa put in the house?

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

8. What do Laura and Mary do after breakfast?

9. Why is Pa not at the homestead on Sunday by suppertime?

10. What does Pa do every morning when digging the well with Mr. Scott and what happens to Mr. Scott in the well one morning?

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