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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 does Pa do when he comes in early from plowing?
(a) Gets his gun to go hunting
(b) Hitches Pet and Patty to the wagon.
(c) Does all his chores and puts the animals in the barn
(d) Takes his Saturday bath.

2. How much milk does Pa get from the cow the first time he milks her?
(a) A bucketful
(b) Half a bucket
(c) None
(d) About a cup

3. Who is taking care of the family when they are sick?
(a) Mr. Edwards
(b) Mrs. Scott
(c) No one
(d) The two bachelors

4. What does Ma do when the girls hear the Indians in the distance?
(a) Loads the cannon for battle
(b) Tells them to ignore it
(c) Brings the girls and Jack inside and locks the doors
(d) Takes out Pa's pistol

5. What does Pa tell Laura the government will do about the Indians?
(a) They will let the Indians stay and share the land
(b) They will imprison the Indians
(c) They will sent the Indians west
(d) They will send the Indians south

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the very bottom of the girls’ stockings?

2. What does Mr. Edwards say Santa was riding when Santa was in Independence?

3. What kind of special treat does Pa bring from Independence?

4. Why did the cattle move so slowly?

5. Where does Ma say the voice of Alfarata went?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the settlers hear from the Indians and how are the settlers feeling about what they hear?

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

3. What does Pa say is the scream and how is the problem solved?

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

5. What does Pa eat when he feels better and what does Mrs. Scott think of his choice of foods?

6. How does the Ingalls family become sick?

7. What do Mary and Laura do with their findings from the Indian village?

8. Why do the girls worry about Christmas and the family worry about Mr. Edwards?

9. How does the family almost lose the furs Pa has collected and what do they lose?

10. How does Jack, Pa and Ma feel about all the Indians going down the trail?

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