2. What does Laura think of the water that comes from the bottom of the well?
(a) It tastes like minerals
(b) It is the best water she has ever had
(c) It seems to be a little cloudy
(d) It tastes a little like sulfur

3. What kind of floor does Pa make for the cabin?
(a) A puncheon floor
(b) Gravel
(c) A brick floor
(d) He leaves the floor dirt

4. What does Pa tell Laura could have caused trouble with the Indians?
(a) If Ma had not handed over the meat
(b) If Jack had bitten one of them
(c) If the Indians had killed Jack
(d) If they had taken one of the girls

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

6. Why did Pa and Patty come galloping into the homestead in Chapter 7?
(a) Pa cuts his leg while hunting
(b) They spotted a huge wolf pack
(c) Pa wanted to stretch Patty's legs
(d) There was a cougar chasing them

7. What is the first state through which the Ingalls family travels?
(a) Iowa
(b) Michigan
(c) Minnesota
(d) Illinois

8. What does the family have for breakfast the morning after Jack returns?
(a) Pancakes and bacon
(b) Cheese and toast
(c) Eggs and ham
(d) Porridge and milk

9. What does Pa build after he builds the bedstead?
(a) Kitchen cabinets
(b) A dog house for Jack
(c) A locked cabinet for their supplies
(d) A clothes wardrobe

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

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

12. What is Laura doing at breakfast that her mother tells her to stop?
(a) Pushing on Mary
(b) Reading a book
(c) Singing
(d) Playing with her food

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

14. Where does Jack sleep the night he returns?
(a) Under the wagon
(b) Under a tree
(c) In the wagon
(d) With the horses

15. Where does Pa put Pet and Patty after he un-harnessed them?
(a) In the barn
(b) On a picket line
(c) In a corral
(d) Ties them to some bushes so they can eat