Little House in the Big Woods

Of what did the family have to store away as much as possible before winter set in?
1. food
2. seeds
3. clothing
4. ammunition
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"There's nothing better than good _____ smoke," Pa said. "That will make good venison that will keep anywhere, in any weather."
1. maple
2. pipe
3. cigar
4. hickory
What did Pa come home with a wagonload of when he was gone all day long?
1. deer
2. honey
3. wheat
4. fish
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It was so cold that the pork and the bear meat was _____ solidly.
1. thawed
2. cooked
3. frozen
4. buried
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Ma cooked a _____ in a pan of milk and then poured it into a bag. She squeezed this into the cream to make the butter yellow.
1. banana
2. carrot
3. potato
4. dandelion
What was in the bottom of the mold that Ma used to form the butter?
1. strawberry
2. calf
3. cherries
4. house
What is Laura's nickname?
1. cider
2. half-pint
3. sweetie
4. Lori
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Pa asked the girls to watch him load the gun to tell him if _____.
1. he made a mistake
2. the powder spilled
3. he dropped the bullet
4. the cat or dog might bump him
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"He always reloaded the gun as soon as he had fired it, for, he said, he did not want to meet _____ with an empty gun."
1. trouble
2. enemies
3. animals
4. danger
In Pa's story of when he was a boy, what was he bringing home before night fell?
1. brothers
2. cows
3. crops
4. hogs
In Pa's story about the voice in the woods, what question did the voice ask?
1. Who?
2. What?
3. When?
4. Where?
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Pa said, "Up I jumped, and then I ran. Not even a _____ could have caught me."
1. bear
2. panther
3. wolf
4. hound
What did Ma place on Pa's Christmas gift to her?
1. salt 'n' pepper shakers
2. her thimbles
3. china woman
4. china dishes
What did Pa have to do before the children could go to sleep?
1. sing a lullaby
2. tell a scary story
3. play the fiddle
4. read a Bible story
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The children all had ____ flannel nightclothes to sleep in.
1. red
2. brown
3. cozy
4. navy
What did Laura name her new doll?
1. Caroline
2. Susan
3. Charlotte
4. Nettie
What did Ma make for Christmas breakfast for each of the children?
1. large waffles
2. scrambled egg
3. pancake man
4. jelly donuts
Everyone always took a bath on _____ night.
1. every
2. Monday
3. Sunday
4. Saturday
Why did Grandpa's family have to walk to church each Sunday?
1. no work was allowed on Sunday
2. they lived very close to the church
3. the horses were to weak to carry them all
4. his Pa could not afford horses
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"In church, Grandpa and his brothers must sit perfectly still for _____ long hours and listen to the sermon," said Pa.
1. two
2. four
3. five
4. one
What were the boys supposed to be working on while their father read the Bible?
1. catechism
2. cleaning
3. whittling
4. homework
Who made the new dress for Laura's doll, Charlotte?
1. Carrie
2. Pa
3. Ma
4. Mary
What was Laura and Ma surprised to see standing at the barnyard gate?
1. Sukey the cow
2. a large brown bear
3. a small buck
4. a brand new pig
What did Pa see right in the middle of the road?
1. cow
2. hawk
3. stranger
4. bear
The snow was falling and the icicles were melting. What was coming to the Big Woods?
1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Harvest
4. Danger
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Pa could not explain what a "sugar snow" was because he was hurrying off to help _____.
1. Grandpa
2. Aunt Ruby
3. Grandma
4. Uncle Peter
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The _____ is the blood of a tree.
1. sap
2. water
3. root
4. stem
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On Monday morning, they left _____ in the morning.
1. late
2. early
3. home
4. town
What made Grandma's whole house smell good?
1. clove-apple
2. baked goods
3. boiling sap
4. flowers
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Pa and Grandpa returned from the woods, carrying big wooden _____ on each end of the yokes around their necks.
1. buck
2. barrel
3. bucket
4. log
Who did Laura dance with?
1. Grandpa
2. Uncle George
3. Pa
4. Mary
Grandma was having so much fun _____ that she forgot about the syrup.
1. singing
2. jigging
3. playing
4. laughing
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Ma combed their hair and set it so that in the morning, it would be full of _____.
1. braids
2. hair pins
3. tangles
4. curls
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"Laura could have looked for _____ and not seen all the things that were in that store."
1. years
2. weeks
3. minutes
4. days
What did Mary and Laura pick up along the lake shore?
1. shells
2. worms
3. fish
4. pebbles
What was the name of the book that Mrs. Huleatt brought with her?
1. Little Women
2. Emily Post's Etiquette
3. The Wonders of the Animal World
4. Emily Post's Etiquette in Society
5. Godey's Lady's Book
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Mary asked Aunt Lotty which she liked best _____.
1. blue dresses or pink dresses
2. brown braids or golden braids
3. brown curls or golden curls
4. braids or curls
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Each morning, Ma trimmed the new cheese and sewed a _____ around it.
1. sheet
2. large leaf
3. dish towel
4. cloth
Why was Pa so excited to find a bee tree?
1. honey
2. sap
3. he fell out of it
4. he got stung
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Aunt Polly's yard was full of _____ that the cousins loved to jump around on.
1. leaf piles
2. equipment
3. stumps
4. rocks
What would spoil the grain if it was left on the ground over night?
1. mud
2. animals
3. cold air
4. dew
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When Aunt Polly and Ma saw Charley, they took him inside and covered him with _____.
1. water
2. mud
3. hot milk
4. butter
One morning, bright colors appeared among the green leaves of the woods. According to Laura, who brought them as he passed by the night before?
1. Jack Frost
2. Grandpa
3. Father Time
4. Uncle Henry
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"Everyone was busy now, for all the garden vegetables must be _____ away."
1. hauled
2. given
3. stored
4. thrown
How many horses did it take to bring the machine up the road to the big woods?
1. three
2. two
3. six
4. four
What did Pa call the men that came with the machines?
1. farmhands
2. threshers
3. laborers
4. migrants
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Ma supposed that johnny-cakes were named after the Johnny Rebs, who were the _____ soldiers.
1. Western
2. Indian
3. Northern
4. Southern
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Pa said, "Other folks can stick to old-fashioned ways if they want to, but I'm all for _____. It's a great age we're living in."
1. machines
2. techonology
3. progress
4. horsepower
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Laura told her Pa, "I'm _____ you didn't shoot them!"
1. angry
2. glad
3. disappointed
4. sad