Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 1 of Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
Choose which answer best fits each question. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
Name the members of the Ingalls family. (choose 5)
Where are the Ingalls family going?
Indian Country
California
Oregon
Gold Country
Pa wanted to be in an area where "_____ _____ lived without being afraid."
wild animals
farm animals
American Indians
new immigrants
When do they need to cross the Mississippi River?
before the ice breaks
after spring thaw
after the first snow
before winter
True and False: Ma dressed the girls in their warmest clothes for the journey.
true
false
Almost everything from the little house fit in the wagon. What did they have to leave behind? (Choose 2)
True and False: No one in their family was able to come to see them off on their journey.
false
true
Pa hung his _____ to the wagon bows inside the canvas top.
gun
bow and arrow
lantern
suspenders
The town of Pepin looked empty. Who were the only ones the Ingalls family saw?
Grandma and Grandpa
one small family
two or three men
little children
What did Pa use to trade for supplies that they would need on the journey?
cash money
gold coins
cows and pigs
furs
How did they get the wagon across the lake?
followed wagon tracks across the frozen ice
forded the lake while the horses swam
took a ferry
went around the lake
Even though Laura was scared, she felt safe. "Nothing could hurt her while _____ and _____ were there."
Ma, Jack
Ma, Pa
Pa, Jack
Mary, Carrie
Mary, Laura, Baby Carrie, and Ma slept in a bed on the floor of the wagon. Where did Pa sleep?
he never slept
outside to guard the horses
underneath the wagon
with the horses
Laura heard a strange noise and couldn't sleep. Ma said that the noise was only _____.
owls in the trees
Indians
ice cracking
wild animals
Pa said, "How do you like that, little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up?" Who is "little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up"?
Laura
Mary
Baby Carrie
Ma
In which state did they cross the Mississippi?
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas
True and False: Sometimes they had to camp in one place for several days because creeks were flooded and they couldn't cross.
false
true
How did they cross the Missouri River?
walked across the frozen ice
drove the wagon onto a ferry
horses swam and pulled the wagon
drove the wagon onto a raft
When the wagon got stuck in the mud, how did Pa get it out?
asked some local men to help him
used grass to gain traction
wait for days until the mud dried
tied on extra horses to pull harder
What did Pa do with the tired brown horses?
traded them for black ponies
sold them for building supplies
sold them for food
traded them for oxen
What did Mary and Laura name the ponies?
Oscar and Ernie
Freckles and Thunder
Pet and Patty
Fury and Trigger
Which state did they NOT see on the way from the Big Woods of Wisconsin to Kansas?
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
True and False: Mary and Laura were so excited when they crossed Kansas. There was something new to see every day.
true
false
How was Laura still naughty after Ma said, "Laura?"