2. What does the family hear during the night of their first night traveling?
(a) A tornado
(b) Two stags fighting
(c) The ice breaking on the lake
(d) Howling wolves

3. Where does Pa go at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Down to the creek for more logs
(b) Hunting
(c) To work with Mr. Edwards
(d) To Independence

4. Why did Pa tell Ma to leave the house in Chapter 10?
(a) He is chinking the inside with smelly tar
(b) He wants to paint the walls
(c) He is putting a roof on the house
(d) It was smoky inside the fireplace

5. Why does Pa fill the tub with water in Chapter 4?
(a) For the horses to drink
(b) So Ma can do the laundry
(c) So the family can bathe
(d) So they can bathe Jack

6. What method does Pa use to build the fireplace?
(a) Stone-set overlay
(b) Cross patch square
(c) Mortar and tar chinking
(d) Stick-and-daub

7. When did Pet deliver a colt?
(a) The day Ma sprained her ankle
(b) Before Pa met Mr. Edwards
(c) Right after the house was finished
(d) Right after the stable was built

8. What does Pa tell the girls not to play with down at the creek?
(a) Snakes
(b) Rocks
(c) Frogs
(d) Spiders

9. How far away does the nearest neighbor live?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 3 miles
(c) 5 miles
(d) 6 miles

10. What river is near the Ingalls’ homestead site?
(a) The Snake River
(b) The Verdigris River
(c) The Missouri River
(d) The Mississippi River

11. What was the first food Ma cooked in the new fireplace?
(a) Beef stew
(b) Chicken
(c) Cornbread
(d) Prairie Hen

12. What family does Pat say lives three miles away?
(a) The Flynns
(b) The Roberts
(c) The Scotts
(d) The Parkers

13. What do Laura and Pa wish when they hear wolves?
(a) That the wolves would finish hunting quickly and leave
(b) That Jack was with them
(c) That they were already in a house
(d) That the pack was not so close

14. Why does Laura have a difficult time falling asleep the night Jack returns?
(a) She is too excited about Jack
(b) Her parents are talking
(c) The baby is crying
(d) The horses are making a lot of noise eating

15. Where does the Ingalls family live at the opening of the book?
(a) Kansas
(b) Wisconsin
(c) Missouri
(d) Minnesota