Before taking this test, please read the novel Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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Ma dressed the girls in their warmest clothes for the journey.
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No one in their family was able to come to see them off on their journey.
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Sometimes they had to camp in one place for several days because creeks were flooded and they couldn't cross.
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Mary and Laura were so excited when they crossed Kansas. There was something new to see every day.
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The road divided, but you could clearly tell which way was more traveled.
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Pa could not get the wagon out of the creek, they would have to swim for it.
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Pa said that he had never seen a creek rise so fast. Even Patty and Pet could not have made it without Pa's help.
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Pa found Jack sleeping in the wagon. He had been there the whole time.
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The family used wooden plates and silverware to eat their dinner.
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The logs fit together so perfectly, that they did not leave any cracks or gaps between them.
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Ma suffered no broken bones from the falling logs, but her ankle was badly sprained.
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Mr. Edwards left right after supper. He did not like Pa's fiddle playing.
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Pa said he could live here until the neighbors got too close. This country would feel crowded with more settlers came.
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Mr. and Mrs. Scott were building a house on the High Prairie.
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Pa brought the ailing family up to the High Prairie so that they could get plenty of good air.
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Pa said the wolves ran right alongside Patty and him like they were there to stay.
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Pa was never scared of those wolves. They acted like a bunch of friendly dogs and Pa stopped to pet them.
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Pa said that the wolves were in a ring all the way around the house.
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Mary helped to wash the dishes and make the beds while Laura minded the baby.
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Pa made a hole in the barn door and put a chain through the hole to keep the door closed.
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As Pa built the chimney higher and higher, he made it bigger and bigger.
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Laura and Mary were careful not to touch the garter snakes even though they knew that garter snakes would not hurt them.
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Mary was scared when she realized that the Indians are in the house with Ma and Carrie.
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Laura was so scared that she couldn't move, but Mary summoned the courage to run towards the house.
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Pa told Ma that she did the wrong thing. She should have chased them off.
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Pa told the girls to remember to always do as they are told. They should never even think of disobeying Pa.
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Pa build a stout cupboard and put a padlock on it so no one could take all the cornmeal.
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That afternoon, Pa made a little bundle with a piece of cloth and a string. He put some dried grass inside.
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As hard as Pa tried, he could not get the well to fill with water. He will have to dig another well.
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The cattle move very quickly they never even stopped to eat the grass along the way.
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Pa said that the poor cow was wild, but that he knew how to gentle her.
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Pa read the tracks for the girls. He told stories of the Indians and animals who had come before them.
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When Mary and Laura combined their treasures, they had just enough to make their gift for Carrie.
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On windy nights, Pa kept piles of damp grass burning to keep the mosquitoes away. No mosquitoes ever got near the house.
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Laura didn't feel well. She was cold, even in all the sunshine. She could not manage to warm herself up. She ached all over.
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Even Pa and Ma were sick. Ma told Pa to go to bed. Pa told her that Ma was sicker than he was.
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Someone gave Laura something to swallow. it was so bitter that she tried to turn her head away.
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When Ma got up, she offered to go with Mrs. Scott to care for all of the neighbors who were still sick.
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Ma wouldn't eat the watermelon. She wouldn't let the girls eat it either. Pa ate the whole watermelon by himself.
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Laura stuck a long stick up the chimney and burning sticks fell all around.
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Mary and Carrie were sitting in the rocking chair. Ma came and pulled the chair back away from the fire.
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Laura picked up a burning stick and threw it into the fireplace. She threw it quick enough that she didn't even get burned.
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Ma would like for Pa to mail a letter for her. She wants to write to their family in Wisconsin.
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Mrs. Scott hoped to have another chance to visit with the Indians.
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Laura tried to best to stay awake and wait up for Pa to return, but Mary fell fast asleep.
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The Indians came riding along the path. They all stopped to wave at Mary and Laura as they passed by the house.
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Pa said he wouldn't have built the little house so close if he had known that it was right alongside a trail that was still used.
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When an Indian came inside the little house, he sat by the fire and he and Pa talked about the coming winter.
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After eating dinner and smoking a pipe alongside Pa, the Indian sat for a while longer and then got up to leave quietly.
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Ma and the girls were very scared when the Indians came inside the house. When the left, Ma said that she was glad they hadn't taken the seeds and the plow.
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Ma finally satisfied the girls' worry by telling them that if Santa could not make it, he would probably bring extra gifts next year.
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Mr. Edwards had walked all the way to Independence and back in the rain, just to bring presents to the Ingalls family. He said he met Santa Claus at Independence and offered to bring the gifts on out.
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Mr. Edwards said that Santa had the shortest, thinnest, grayest whiskers east of the Mississippi.
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As Pa left, Laura noticed that it was very light outside. When she asked Ma about it, Ma said it was going to storm.
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No one went back to sleep. While they were waiting for Pa to return, they heart another scream. This time it sounded really close.
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Pa said that he felt foolish because he had gotten dressed and walked two miles in the middle of the night.
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Ma told Mary and Laura to come inside to stay. She even brought Jack inside.
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Pa even brought home potatoes. Laura was so glad that Ma could fix mashed potatoes again.
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The ribbon in Mary's comb was blue, but the one in Laura's was red.
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Pa wanted to buy seeds for the new planting season, but he said that the store did not carry vegetable seeds.
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Pa did not agree with what the people in Independence said. He was right. The government did not tell the settlers to leave.
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All of the Indians have left. The Ingalls never saw them again.
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Pa started a fire along the furrow to burn off the grass on the other side.
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The flames were rushing towards them faster than running horses.
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Pa's furrows and burned grass did not work. The flames just jumped over them and caught the house.
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Pa was all for the idea to build a stockade. He said it was a necessary protection.
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Laura did not understand why Pa was worried about acting like he was afraid. Pa was never afraid.
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Pa said that the sound they heard outside was the Indian war cry.
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Carrie slept soundly through the whole ordeal. Ma watched over her, but she never stirred.
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Mary, Ma, and Laura waved to the Indians as they went by. The Indians called and waved back.
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After the last Indian passed by the house, everyone hurriedly returned to their work. There was a lot of work to catch up on.
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Pa had been working hard in the fields. By next winter, there would be ripe corn for Pet and Patty to eat.
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Mr. Scott wanted to leave now, but Pa said he was going to wait for the soldiers to come.
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Pa gave Mr. Scott the cow and the calf.
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Pa tied the horse-bucket and water-bucket to the outside of the wagon. He tied the rocking chair and the tub underneath the wagon.
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Mary begged Pa to loosen the rope in the back of the wagon cover so that she could keep watch.
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After they had loaded the wagon and drove a little ways down the road, they turned back to look. The little log house and stable sat all alone in the stillness.
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Laura was very excited. When you are driving around in a covered wagon, you never know what might happen next.
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Ma made Pa stop playing the fiddle and singing, because he was keeping the girls awake.