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On the Banks of Plum Creek Trivia Quiz

Another quiz to go with my other "Little House on the Prairie" series. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by crzyldync. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
crzyldync

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
227,451

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
1099

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Question 1 of 15

1. When the family finally settled in Plum Creek, they eventually built a house. Where did they live just prior to building the house? Hint

A dugout

At Mr. Nelson's

The hotel in town

With Mr. Edwards

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Question 2 of 15

2. Pa traded something for Mr. Hanson's land. Laura wasn't happy about it. What did he trade? Hint

Pet and Patty

The wagon

Their dog Jack

All their food

3. Not long after settling into Plum Creek, the Ingalls got a cow. The Nelsons (the cow's former owners) had called it "Reet" (short for "reet of roses" or "wreath of roses"). What did the Ingalls name her? Hint

Bossie

Sandy

Spot

Bessie

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Question 4 of 15

4. Laura and Mary went to pick something in the thickets. What did they pick? Hint

Strawberries

Raspberries

Plums

Blueberries

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Question 5 of 15

5. What was the name of the boy who herded the cattle? Hint

Billy Bearclaw

Johnny Johnson

Frank Finch

Pearly Day

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Question 6 of 15

6. Christmas was coming, and the girls were excited. Ma wanted them to wish for something for Christmas that the girls weren't happy about. What did she want them to wish for? Hint

Snow

Shoes

A wheat crop

Horses

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Question 7 of 15

7. When Pa built the new house, there was something special in it for Ma when she went in it for the first time. What was it? Hint

A new table and chairs

A new washtub

A new cookstove

New glass windows

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Question 8 of 15

8. In the new house Laura and Mary had "something of their very own." What was it? Hint

Their own separate rooms

Their own beds

Their own attic

Their own boxes

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Question 9 of 15

9. Laura and Mary started school. When they got to the school Laura said to the other children, "You all sound like a bunch of prairie chickens" What did some of the children call her and Mary after she said this? Hint

Long-legged Horses

Silly girls

Long-legged Snipes

Dogs

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Question 10 of 15

10. One of the girls at school was very pretty. She had yellow hair, with two blue ribbons. She called Laura and Mary "country girls". What was her first name? Hint

Nancy

Nettie

Cassie

Nellie

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Question 11 of 15

11. Something destroyed the wheat crop. Name it. Hint

Grasshoppers

Fire

A storm

Tornado

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Question 12 of 15

12. Mrs. Nelson had a daughter, who ended up with Laura's doll Charlotte. What was her name? Hint

Lotty

Nettie

Anna

Cassie

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Question 13 of 15

13. A blizzard hit, while Ma and Pa were in town. Laura and Mary managed to bring in the whole woodpile. Why did they do this? Hint

They wanted to get it before the snow buried it.

Pa and Ma told them to.

They didn't want to freeze stark stiff.

Pa and Ma forgot to.

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Question 14 of 15

14. Pa got lost in a blizzard, and ended up in a snow cave under a bank. What did he eat to stay alive? Hint

Christmas candy and beef jerky

Oyster crackers and Christmas candy

Nothing

Hardtack and Christmas candy

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Question 15 of 15

15. It's a song Pa sang.

I'm Captain _____ of the Horse Marines,
I feed my horse on corn and beans
Although 'tis far beyond my means, for
I'm Captain _____ of the Horse Marines!
I'm Captain of the army!"

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When the family finally settled in Plum Creek, they eventually built a house. Where did they live just prior to building the house?

Answer: A dugout

"The house is in the creek bank, Caroline." "Oh, Charles!" said Ma. "A dugout. We've never had to live in a dugout yet."

2. Pa traded something for Mr. Hanson's land. Laura wasn't happy about it. What did he trade?

Answer: Pet and Patty

"He told Ma that he had traded Pet and Patty for Mr. Hanson's land. Laura was a big girl, seven years old. She was too big to cry. But she could not help asking, "Pa, did you have to give him Pet and Patty?""

Answer: Spot

"Well," said Ma, "we're not going to call this cow Reet, nor yet Wreath of Roses. Her name is Spot."

4. Laura and Mary went to pick something in the thickets. What did they pick?

Answer: Plums

Laura went wading through the tall grasses to the plum thickets by the creek.

5. What was the name of the boy who herded the cattle?

Answer: Johnny Johnson

"They went by in a herd, with trampling hoofs and tossing horns. Johnny Johnson, the herd boy, walked behind them."

6. Christmas was coming, and the girls were excited. Ma wanted them to wish for something for Christmas that the girls weren't happy about. What did she want them to wish for?

Answer: Horses

""Do you know what Pa wants for Christmas?" They did not know. "Horses," Ma said. "Would you girls like horses?" Laura and Mary looked at each other. "I only thought," Ma went on, "if we all wished for horses, and nothing but horses, then maybe--" Laura felt queer. Horses were everyday; they were not Christmas."

7. When Pa built the new house, there was something special in it for Ma when she went in it for the first time. What was it?

Answer: A new cookstove

"Then one day Pa said, "Laura and Mary, can you keep a secret?"
Ma did not suspect anything. She took the hot ashes out of the little old stove so that Pa could handle it. Whe walked into the house and stopped short. Her mouth opened and shut. Then she said, weakly, "My land!" "It's yours, Ma! It's your new cookstove!""

8. In the new house Laura and Mary had "something of their very own." What was it?

Answer: Their own attic

That night Mary and Laura climbed the ladder and went to bed by themselves in their large, airy, very own attic.

Answer: Long-legged Snipes

"All those girls and boys stopped their noise and looked. Laura kept on going nearer and nearer all those eyes, and suddenly, without meaning to, she swung the dinner-pail and called out, "You all sounded just like a flock of prairie chickens!" All the boys were pointing and yelling, "Snipes! Snipes! Long-legged Snipes!""

10. One of the girls at school was very pretty. She had yellow hair, with two blue ribbons. She called Laura and Mary "country girls". What was her first name?

Answer: Nellie

"Nellie Oleson was very pretty. Her yellow hair hung in long curls, with two big blue ribbon bows on top. She looked at Laura and Mary, and she wrinkled up her nose. "Hm!" she said. "Country girls!""

11. Something destroyed the wheat crop. Name it.

Answer: Grasshoppers

"The nipping, clicking, gnawing sound of the grasshoppers' eating was still going on. "It's no use, Caroline," he said. "Smoke won't stop them. They keep dropping down through it and hopping in from all sides. The wheat is falling now. They're cutting it off like a scythe. And eating it, straw and all.""

12. Mrs. Nelson had a daughter, who ended up with Laura's doll Charlotte. What was her name?

Answer: Anna

"For shame, Laura," Ma said, "Anna's little and she's company. You are too big to play with dolls, anyway. Let Anna have her."

13. A blizzard hit, while Ma and Pa were in town. Laura and Mary managed to bring in the whole woodpile. Why did they do this?

Answer: They didn't want to freeze stark stiff.

"At last Mary said in a small voice, "We did go out in the storm, Ma We forgot."
Laura's head bowed down and she said, "We didn't want to burn up the furniture, Pa, and freeze stark stiff.""

14. Pa got lost in a blizzard, and ended up in a snow cave under a bank. What did he eat to stay alive?

Answer: Oyster crackers and Christmas candy

"I ate up the oyster crackers, and I ate up the Christmas candy, but by jinks," said Pa, "I brought the oysters home!"

15. It's a song Pa sang. I'm Captain _____ of the Horse Marines, I feed my horse on corn and beans Although 'tis far beyond my means, for I'm Captain _____ of the Horse Marines! I'm Captain of the army!"

Answer: Jinks

Pa sang this song throughout most of the "Little House" books, but some of the verses in the song Ma didn't approve of.

Source: Author crzyldync

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