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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Laura when she falls asleep waiting for her Pa to come home?
(a) She begins to hear Indians at the door
(b) Nothing happens to her
(c) She falls asleep at the kitchen table
(d) She goes to sleep and falls off the bench

2. What was in the very bottom of the girls’ stockings?
(a) A shiny, new penny
(b) A handful of Indian beads
(c) A chocolate heart
(d) A small necklace

3. What does Pa think caused the illness?
(a) He has no opinion
(b) The night air
(c) The mosquitoes
(d) The cow's milk

4. For what does Ma say they planned to use the bundle of furs the Indians did not take?
(a) The plow and seed
(b) Cornmeal and oats
(c) The white sugar from Independence
(d) Salted pork

5. What does Pa say about the old trail by the house?
(a) The animals use it to get to the water
(b) It is called a low road
(c) He did not know Indians still used it
(d) It is not used by the deer

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pa look pleased when he comes in from plowing?

2. What language does Pa think the Indian was speaking?

3. What is in the middle of the combs Pa brings Mary and Laura?

4. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?

5. Who does Pa say is living about nine miles away?

(see the answer key)

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