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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. Why does Laura bolt upright in the bed and scream?
(a) She has a nightmare
(b) Jack is growling through the window
(c) A noise has frightened her
(d) She thought she saw an Indian looking in through the window

2. What does Pa say is the reason the prairie was burned?
(a) Lightning struck the prairie somewhere
(b) The Indians set it to drive off the white settlers
(c) Indians do it every year to make a clear way for their horses
(d) Someone became careless with a campfire

3. Why does Pa bring Jack into the house the night he stops plowing early?
(a) The girls want to play with him
(b) He is going over to the Scotts
(c) Jack needs a bath too
(d) The Indians are making more and more noise

4. What does Pa tell Ma the folks in Independence are saying about the Indians?
(a) The government is going to make the white people leave the Indain land
(b) The Indians are going to leave for the west
(c) The Indians are going to start a war
(d) The Indians have said only the people there now can stay

5. What does Ma do with the first milk Pa gets from the cow?
(a) Puts it into the cornbread
(b) Saves it for mashed potatoes
(c) Makes butter
(d) Gives it to Carrie

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is giving Laura medicine when she wakes up one day?

2. What massacre does Mrs. Scott talk to Ma about?

3. What do the cowboys tell Pa they will give him for his help?

4. Who told Pa that the Indians wanted to kill all the settlers?

5. Where does Pa go the second day after the Indians rode away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pa begin to do in the spring and why is he doing it?

2. How does the Ingalls family become sick?

3. What do Mr. Scott and Mr. Edwards think about the prairie and what how do they feel about the Indians getting together?

4. How does a prairie fire appear and what do Ma and Pa do about it? What is the result of their efforts?

5. Where does Pa take Mary and Laura in Chapter 14 and what do they find there?

6. What does the family end up getting from the cattlemen and what does Pa get from it that night?

7. What keeps the family awake for several nights and what does Laura see when it finally stops?

8. How do Mary and Laura find out there is something going on with the Indians and what does Pa say is happening?

9. What does Pa agree to do for the cattlemen who come by the house and what do they offer him?

10. How does Mr. Edwards get to the Ingalls for Christmas and what does he bring with him?

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