LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS

1. Laura's house is located in ________________.
A) Hawaii
B) Wisconsin
C) Florida
D) California

2. What is the name of Laura's dog?
A) Rex
B) Max
C) Fido
D) Jack

FARMER BOY

3. In what state is Almanzo's house?
A) New York
B) Alaska
C) New Mexico
D) Oregon

4. What happens to Almanzo when he and his father go for ice?
A) Almanzo gets to go ice skating.
B) Almanzo falls into the water and could have drowned.
C) They buy a big bag of ice at the local convenience store.
D) They see a polar bear.

5. What happens during the night right before the Fourth of July?
A) Almanzo comes down with scarlet fever.
B) There's an eclipse.
C) The horses get loose.
D) The corn plants freeze.

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE

6. What kind of bird sings along with Pa's fiddle?
A) A cuckoo
B) A parrot
C) A nightingale
D) An albatross

7. What do Laura and Mary name their two new horses?
A) Pet and Patty
B) Bert and Ernie
C) Moe and Larry
D) Cow and Chicken

8. When Pa builds a fireplace, what does he use?
A) Bricks
B) Rocks from the creek
C) Bubble gum
D) Logs

ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK

9. When Laura and Mary go to school for the first time, who takes them?
A) Pa
B) Jack
C) Ma
D) No one. They go alone.

10. Who is the mean girl Laura meets at school?
A) Charlotte
B) Christy
C) Nellie Oleson
D) Nettie

11. What happens to Laura after the heavy rains raise the creek?
A) She gets in the water and almost drowns.
B) A crab grabs her toe.
C) She finds a dollhouse on the creek's bank.
D) She rescues a baby duck.

BY THE SHORES OF SILVER LAKE

12. When Laura and Carrie slide on the ice at night, what does Laura see?
A) The sun
B) A lunar eclipse
C) A wolf
D) Almanzo Wilder

13. In the winter, what "game for two" do Laura and Pa play?
A) Checkers
B) Chess
C) Two-square
D) Trivial Pursuit

14. After the Ingalls move into Pa's store building in town, what does Laura wake up in?
A) The rocking chair
B) Around a foot of snow on her bed
C) A row boat
D) A sleeping bag

THE LONG WINTER

15. What do Laura and Pa find when they go outside after the October blizzard?
A) Gold
B) An igloo
C) Cattle, with their heads frozen to the ground
D) A new schoolhouse

16. Who predicts seven months of blizzards?
A) Pa
B) Ma
C) Laura
D) An elderly Native American man

17. What does Mr. Edwards leave with Mary?
A) A twenty-dollar bill
B) A diamond ring
C) A black and white kitten
D) A sleigh

LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE

18. When winter comes, where do the Ingalls move?
A) To town
B) Back to the little house in the big woods
C) To China
D) To California

19. How does Laura describe their new kitten's fur?
A) Fluffy and orange
B) Blue, with a white chest, paws and tail tip
C) Striped and shiny
D) The kitten has no fur; it's totally bald

20. Ma and Pa take Mary to college. While they're gone, what do Laura and Carrie do?
A) Walk to town
B) Sew new clothes for Ma
C) Write a book
D) The fall housecleaning

THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS

21. What scares Laura at the Brewsters' house, making it difficult for her to sleep?
A) Mrs. Brewster threatens her husband with a butcher knife.
B) A mouse
C) A bear breaks into the Brewster home.
D) Nellie Oleson visits.

22. When Laura reads her first composition, what does her teacher say?
A) He thinks she needs to revise it.
B) He wants her to sing it.
C) He can't believe anyone could write a composition so well the first time.
D) Laura writes on the wrong subject.

23. How much money does Laura earn by teaching school for two months?
A) $1,000
B) $2,000
C) $500
D) $40

THE FIRST FOUR YEARS

24. After Rose is born, what does Mr. Boast suggest?
A) They should rename her.
B) The Wilders should give Rose to the Boasts and take a horse in return.
C) Mr. Boast will give the Wilders a pony as a gift for Rose.
D) Mr. Boast doesn't suggest anything.

25. When Laura and Manly are sick with diphtheria, who takes care of them?
A) Pa
B) Mary
C) Mr. Boast
D) Royal Wilder

26. What does Laura forget to put in the pie she makes for the threshing crew?
A) Sugar
B) Flour
C) Salt
D) Fruit

OLD TOWN IN THE GREEN GROVES

27. Why does Laura call Uncle Peter and Aunt Eliza's children her "double cousins"?
A) They are two sets of twins.
B) They are "double trouble."
C) Uncle Peter is Pa's brother and Aunt Eliza is Ma's sister.
D) The cousins are identical to Laura and her sisters.

28. What is the final straw that makes Pa decide to sell their Plum Creek claim?
A) Another grasshopper invasion
B) A snowstorm in June
C) A huge hailstorm
D) Having a circus come to town

LAURA INGALLS WILDER: A BIOGRAPHY

29. When the Detroit Public Library named a branch library for Laura in 1948, it was _________________.
A) Not pleasing to Laura
B) The first library in the city named for a person who was living, and a woman
C) A mistake
D) A choice that Rose argued with them about

30. When Laura wrote THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS, what line did she include?
A) Hey diddle diddle
B) That Sam I am
C) The End of the Little House Books
D) Once upon a time

LITTLE HOUSE IN THE HIGHLANDS: The Martha Years

31. What does Martha normally wear over her dress?
A) A dust-gown
B) A flannel shirt
C) A sweater
D) A windbreaker


32. Where does Martha's family usually eat dinner?
A) The dining room
B) The kitchen
C) Outdoors
D) Their parents' bedroom


33. Who does Cook leave bread and cream for each night?
A) The cat
B) Tullie Grayshanks, the Stone House brownie
C) Martha
D) A bagpipe-playing ghost


LITTLE HOUSE BY BOSTON BAY: The Charlotte Years

34. What is Charlotte's doll made of?
A) Plastic
B) A sock
C) A clothes-pin
D) China


35. What special breakfast does Mama make for Charlotte's first day of school?
A) A bagel with cream cheese
B) Boiled beef and eggs
C) Pizza
D) Blueberry waffles


36. Who is the friend Charlotte makes at school?
A) Susan
B) Tiffany
C) Caroline
D) Will


LITTLE HOUSE IN BROOKFIELD: The Caroline Years

37. What does Mother trade to the storekeeper?
A) Her hand-woven fabric
B) Ashes, which he will have made into soap
C) Pickles
D) Honey


38. When Caroline makes milk toast, what is her special ingredient?
A) Cinnamon
B) Ground chilies
C) Nutmeg
D) Curry powder


LITTLE HOUSE ON ROCKY RIDGE: The Rose Years

39. What is hidden in Mama's writing case?
A) A family photograph
B) A one-hundred dollar bill
C) A lace handkerchief
D) A gold nugget


40. On their journey to Missouri, what kind of fight does Rose have with Paul Cooley?
A) A grape fight
B) A loud argument
C) A snowball fight
D) A boxing match