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On the Banks of Plum Creek
This is a quiz about the third book in the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" series.
Fun:
(2.45)
Difficulty:
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Quiz ID: #17451
Category:
Literature
Submitted By:
Zinovia
Question #1
What was the last name of the man that gave his home to the Ingalls family at the beginning of the book?
Oleson
Hanson
Smith
Nelson
Miyamoto
Question #2
What did Pa trade for the Ingalls' new home?
The horses
The wagon
The colt
The wagon cover
Laura and Mary
Question #3
What did Pa trade for the crops and oxen?
Ma
The horses
The furniture
The wagon
The colt and the wagon cover
Question #4
What type of home did Pa trade for?
A log cabin
A home made of flat boards
A dugout
A home made of stones
A cardboard box
Question #5
What was the nationality of most of the Ingalls' neighbors?
Swedish
Greek
German
Norwegian
Kenyan
Question #6
Where did Laura and Mary play most of the time?
In the mud
In a field
In the wagon
In the creek
In the swimming hole
Question #7
Where were the girls forbidden to go?
The creek
The swimming hole
The woods
The ghetto
The big slough
Question #8
Laura was a naughty girl and, one day, set out to visit the forbidden place. Who or what stopped her?
A wolf
Pa
A badger
Mary
Nothing
Question #9
How was Laura punished when she confessed that she had tried to visit the forbidden place?
She had to spend a day within Ma's line of sight.
She was sent to bed without supper.
She was given a spanking.
Pa thought that she had learned her lesson and did not punish her.
She was thrown out of the house and was forced to live with the oxen.
Question #10
Why did Laura and Mary avoid the muddy part of the creek?
They didn't want to get dirty.
The water was very deep.
There was perfectly good mud at home to roll in.
Crabs swam in the mud.
Leeches lived there.
Question #11
Other than the muddy parts of the creek, what did Laura discover in the creek that she and Mary knew to avoid?
A crab
A sink hole
A shark
A nest of geese
Bullies who played on the other side of the creek
Question #12
Why was Ma happy with the family's latest move?
Pa was able to find work much more easily.
They had lots of neighbors.
She was able to find a job to earn money along with Pa.
The girls could go to school.
She was planning on unloading the children on one of the neighbors.
Question #13
What did one of the boys at school call Laura and Mary when they arrived?
Prairie chickens
Country girls
Ugly girls
Long-legged snipes
Little darlings
Question #14
Which of the little girls at school was rude and spoiled?
Helga
Christy
Nellie
Laura
Sammy
Question #15
How did Laura get revenge on the little girl that was rude to Ma?
Laura set the dog on her.
Laura made her wade into leech-infested waters.
Laura slapped her.
Laura convinced all the other little girls to hate her.
Laura put chewing gum in her hair.
Question #16
What gift did the entire Ingalls family share for Christmas?
Horses
A new house
A new stove
A cow
A dozen baby chicks
Question #17
Why did Pa buy so many things on credit?
He planned to work off the debt at the store.
He planned to get a job in spring.
The furs that he trapped during the winter would cover the debt.
He planned to sell the livestock.
He assumed the family would be rich by the end of the year.
Question #18
What destroyed the wheat crop?
A hail storm
Unseasonably cold weather
Grasshoppers
Stray herds of cattle
Nothing
Question #19
Pa had to walk hundreds of miles to find work when the wheat crop failed. Why was he unable to buy new boots for the journey?
He had given the money to the local church to buy a church bell.
The store had no more boots.
He had been so depressed when the crop failed that he spent the money at the local saloon.
One of the girls had fallen ill and the money was spent on the doctor.
He didn't buy new boots because he didn't need them.
Question #20
How did Pa avoid starving to death when he was caught in a blizzard on the way back from town?
He forced himself to eat the beef he had bought even though it was raw and nearly frozen.
He knew he could survive for many days without food and ate snow to keep from getting dehydrated.
He managed to stumble to a neighbor's barn and shared some of the livestock's feed.
He ate the Christmas candy and oyster crackers that he had bought.
He forced himself to sleep through the hunger and managed to survive.
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