Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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80년대 외화 시리즈로 우리에게 친숙한 이야기.
남북전쟁이 끝난 지 얼마 지나지 않은 1870년대 서부를 배경으로, 매 이야기마다 좀 더 나은 보금자리를 찾아
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Chapter 1 - 2
1. To understand that this book is fiction it is important to know it …
a. has a glossary.
b. tells facts about the prairie.
c. has a beginning, middle, and end.
2. Laura’s family left their house in the Big Woods to move west because…
a. they wanted to move near their cousins and grandparents.
b. their father said there were too many people in the Big Woods now.
c. their house had been destroyed by a tornado.
d. there were too many wild animals in the Big Woods that scared the children.
3. What was the ‘setting’ of the story at the beginning of chapter one?
a. Laura’s house in the Big Woods
b. Grandma’s house in Minnesota
c. in the wagon at the Mississippi River
4. Which sentence is a ‘fact’?
a. Ma, Laura and Mary ate bread and molasses in the wagon.
b. The house in the Big Woods was the worst place to live.
c. ‘Three’ daughters was the perfect number of children for a family.
5. Why did Laura’s family have to leave on their trip before the ‘ice breaks’ on the Mississippi River?
a. They had to cross on the frozen river because there were no bridges.
b. The horses were afraid of the ice.
c. The horses could not pull the wagon over the ice.
6. The enormous lake stretched flat and smooth and white all the way to the gray sky.
What does the word enormous most likely mean?
a. cold
b. huge
c. scary
7. What was an effect of all the rain after they crossed the Missouri River?
a. They decided to return home to the Big Woods.
b. The river flooded over its bank and washed the wagon downriver.
c. The wagon became stuck in the mud for a week.
8. Why did Pa say, “In this country, trees mean water”?
a. Trees will only grow where they have water to survive.
b. There was no water in the prairie.
c. The trees made their own water by photosynthesis.
d. Grasslands have less rain than deserts.
9. Choose the correct spelling of the word.
“They are not real ________; they are western mustangs.”
a. ponys
b. ponies
c. pony’s
d. ponees
10. Choose the word with a suffix.
Kansas was an endless flat land.
a. Kansas
b. was
c. endless
d. flat
11. Who named their new horses?
a. Ma
b. Pa
c. Mary and Laura
d. They horses already had names.
12. How did the wagon cross the creek in chapter 2?
a. They crossed over on an old bridge.
b. They took a ferry across the creek.
c. The horses had to swim with Pa leading them.
13. Why did Laura feel ‘cold and sick’ when they were in the middle of the creek?
a. She was so frightened that they would not get safely across the creek.
b. She had caught a bad cold from Mary before the trip began.
c. The weather was cold, and she had not brought a coat.
14. What would be another good title for Ch. 2, “Crossing the Creek”?
a. “Fun on the Prairie”
b. “Fording the Creek”
c. “Mary Becomes Scared”
15. Pa did not know which road to take when the road divided. Why was this important for the family to choose
the right road? How would we solve this problem if we are lost on a trip and didn’t know the correct road?
(Write at least 5 complete sentences on the lines below.)
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16. Why was it more difficult to travel across the United States in the 1800’s than it is now?
(Write at least 5 complete sentences on the lines below.)
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Chapter 3 - 4
1. What is the author’s purpose for writing this novel?
a. to inform the reader about life in the Big Woods
b. to share feelings about the prairie
c. to entertain the reader about a family that moved to the prairie
2. What was the correct chronological order?
1. Pa started a fire.
2. Pa unhitched the horses.
3. They find Jack!
4. Ma cooked dinner.
a. 1,2,3,4
b. 2,1,3,4
c. 3,2,4,1
d. 2,1,4,3
3. Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
a. pa said “we best be on the safe side.”
b. He wished jack were there.
c. She winked fast and did not cry
d. Jack knew they didn’t mean it.
4. Choose the correct spelling.
While they were eating________ the purple shadows closed around the camp fire.
a. super
b. supper
c. suuper
d. suppr
5. Where did Pa find water for their dinner?
a. the creek
b. from the kitchen faucet
c. rain water
d. water bottles
6. When they first found Jack after he was lost, they thought he was a (an)……
a. wolf
b. stray dog
c. bear
d. Indian
7. Why did Pa say, “Where there’s deer, there will be wolves.” when he heard the wolves howling?
a. Wolves and deer do not like to share the same habitat.
b. Wolves like to eat deer for prey and, therefore, share the same habitat.
c. There was a zoo on the prairie.
8. What does the word wearily most likely mean in the following sentence?
Under the wagon Jack wearily turned around three times and lay down.
a. scared
b. lost
c. tired
d. mad
9. What does the word vanished most likely mean in the following sentence?
Once a shadow floated across the grass and every gopher vanished. A hawk was sailing overhead.
a. walked away
b. disappeared from sight
c. began crying
10. What did Ma do while Pa was out hunting?
a. sewed clothes for the girls
b. planted the garden
c. washed the clothes
d. began building their house
11. Finish the web:
a. They scare a moose
b. They see a hawk.
c. They go swimming.
d. They capture a snake.
12. What did Laura want to see when she gets to their new home on the prairie?
a. a bear
b. a new neighbor
c. an Indian papoose
13. What did Pa most likely mean when he said that they could live ‘like kings’ when he returned from his hunting trip?
a. He found a ‘palace’ on the prairie.
b. He found money on his hunting trip.
c. He found lots of animals to hunt for food: antelope, squirrels, rabbits and birds.
14. Choose the compound word in the following sentence.
For a little while a mockingbird sang, then the birds came out, and the birds were still.
a. mocking bird
b. For
c. while
d. still
15. Choose the contraction in the following sentence.
She didn’t want anything more in the world.
a. She
b. didn’t
c. anything
d. world
16. Is the following sentence a ‘fact’ or ‘opinion’?
‘We can live like kings.’
a. fact
b. opinion
17. Choose the word with a suffix in the following sentence.
Softly Pa’s fiddle sang in the starlight.
a. Softly
b. Pa’s
c. sang
d. starlight
18. Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete the following sentence.
“This is Indian country, ________ it?” Laura said.
a. isnt
b. isn’t
c. is’nt
d. is’not
Chapter 5 - 6
1. To understand that this book is fiction, it is important to know it …
a. has an index.
b. has characters and events.
c. has a table of contents.
2. If you wanted to find the location of Kansas on a map, what resource would you most likely use?
a. dictionary
b. biography about Laura
c. atlas
d. thesaurus
3. Why were there more trees growing near the ‘creek bottoms’ and not as many on the prairie land?
a. It was too wet on the prairie.
b. The trees had more water for growth near the ‘creek bottoms’.
c. There were no birds or wind to spread the tree seeds on the prairie.
4. Finish the web.
a. electricity
b. house
c. restaurant
d. toaster
5. Who or what could NOT have made the old trail that Laura discovered in the grass?
a. animals
b. Indians
c. other settlers
d. farmer on his tractor
6. What tense is the verb in the following sentence?
‘Ma kissed them goodnight.’
a. past
b. present
c. future
7. What natural resource did Pa use to build the house?
a. trees
b. bricks
c. grass
d. stones
8. What problem happened to Ma in Chapter 5?
a. She broke a tooth.
b. She was bitten by a snake.
c. A log rolled on her.
d. She was stung by a bee.
9. How did they treat Ma’s injury?
a. They put an ice pack on it.
b. She went to the doctor.
c. She soaked it in warm water.
d. She took some medicine.
10. Why was Pa so happy when he found they had a neighbor only 2 miles away?
a. He now had someone to help him build the house
b. He would have someone to talk to when he felt lonely.
c. He could help Pa hunt.
11. Who was their new neighbor?
a. Mr. Edwards and his family
b. Mr. Edwards, a bachelor
c. Mr. Thomas and his wife
12. What does the word motionless most likely mean in the following sentence?
Laura and Mary were quiet; Ma and Pa sat motionless.
a. moving
b. squirming
c. without motion
d. sleeping
13. The ‘setting’ in Chapter 6 is mostly…
a. in the barn
b. in their new home
c. camping in the wagon
d. in the woods by the creek
14. This following sentence most appeals to what ‘sense’?
The bird and the fiddle were talking to each other
a. sight
b. taste
c. hearing
d. touch
15. Which word best describes Laura’s family?
a. caring
b. rich
c. greedy
d. sad
16. Why did Pa want to build a shelter for Pet and Patty as quickly as possible?
a. The horses were bothered by the rain
b. The horses tried to run away.
c. Pa heard wolves howling.
17. What does the word easier most likely mean in the following sentence?
Pa said, “I’ll feel easier in my mind when you and the girls have good solid walls around you.”
a. scared
b. better
c. worried
d. confused
18. What is the ‘main idea’ of Chapter 6, “Moving In”?
a. Pa and Mr. Edwards build Mr. Edward’s house.
b. Pa builds a shelter for Pet and Patty.
c. A family of raccoons moves into the stable.
d. The family moves into their new home.
19. What ‘finished product’ did Pa use to make a roof?
a. grass from the prairie
b. tree trunks
c. left-over fabric from Ma’s sewing
d. canvas from the wagon-top
Chapter 7 - 8
1. What was the ‘main idea’ of Chapter 7, “Wolf-Pack”?
a. Laura and Mary learn about how wolves live from Mr. Edwards.
b. A wolf pack surrounds Pa when he is out on the prairie and follows him home.
c. Pa tells Laura and Mary a fictional story about a wolf-pack.
2. What did they name Pet’s new colt?
a. Little Pet
b. Patsy
c. Bunny
3. Choose the word with a suffix in the following sentence.
“Likely it isn’t anything, Laura,” said Ma.
a. Likely
b. it
c. isn’t
d. anything
4. Why is Jack capitalized in the following sentence?
“What’s the matter, Jack?” Ma asked.
a. It is a proper noun.
b. It starts a sentence.
c. It is in a quotation
5. How can you correct the following sentence?
There was plenty of meat in the house, so he didn’t take his gun?
a. Remove the comma after house.
b. Capitalize the word ‘meat’.
c. Replace the question mark with a period.
d. Change the word was to were.
6. Why did Pa take Patty on his ride and not take Pet?
a. Patty was a faster runner than Pet.
b. Pet was afraid of wolves.
c. Pet just had a baby colt.
7. How do you spell the singular of wolves in the following sentence?
Pa said, “Let those wolves howl!”
a. wolf
b. wolfe
c. wolve
d. wolv
8. Which sentence is NOT written correctly?
a. They cooked and ate together in the middle of the house.
b. Laura and mary ate their corncakes.
c. Supper was ready.
d. Pa had not said anything about the wolves yet.
9. Why did Pa think the wolves did not attack them?
a. Pa scared them off with his gun
b. Patty could run faster than the wolves.
c. Indians killed the wolves.
d. The wolves were not hungry.
10. What would be a good resource if you wanted to know more about wolves?
a. nonfiction book on wild animals of North America
b. dictionary
c. almanac
d. realistic fiction about life on the prairie
11. How did the adventure with the wolves make Pa feel?
a. miserable
b. confident
c. scared
d. happy
12. What was the ‘main idea’ of Chapter 8, “Two Stout Doors”?
a. Pa built a front and back door for the house mostly to keep the rain out.
b. Pa built a door for the house and one for the stable to protect the family and horses from wolves.
c. Pa built two doors that were made from the wagon top.
d. Mr. Edwards helped Pa hang the doors from his old house in the Big Woods.
13. What do you think the word stout means in the title “Two Stout Doors”?
a. smooth
b. short
c. ugly
d. strong
14. What is the correct sequence of events in the story?
1) Wolves chase Pa and Patty.
2) Pa builds a door for the stable.
3) Pa goes on a hunting trip with Patty.
4) Pa builds a door for the house.
a. 2, 1,3,4
b. 1,3,4,2
c. 3,1,4,2
d. 3,1,2,4
15. Finish the web.
a. place to prepare food
b. place to watch videos
c. place to put refrigerator
Chapter 9 - 10
1. What was the main idea of Chapter 9, “Fire on the Hearth”?
a. Pa built a fire inside their new house.
b. The pancakes caught fire on the hearth.
c. The chimney caught fire.
2. What did Pa NOT need to help build the hearth?
a. mud
b. water
c. bricks
d. rocks
3. Choose the correct word for the following sentence.
They arched _________ necks and pawed at the ground because they were eager to go.
a. they’re
b. there
c. their
4. Choose the correct word for the following sentence.
He must get the rocks ________ build the fireplace.
a. to
b. two
c. too
5. Choose the correct word for the following sentence.
The sooner I get the fireplace done, the sooner you can do _________ cooking inside.
a. your
b. you’re
6. What did Ma put on the mantel-shelf of the fireplace when Pa was done building it?
a. mirror
b. picture of the grandparents
c. a little china woman
7. What tense is the verb in the following sentence?
He found rocks by the creek bottoms.
a. past
b. present
c. future
8. In the following sentence, why did Baby Carrie not ‘care’ about the fireplace?
Then Pa, Ma, Mary and Laura stood and admired the new fireplace. Only Carrie did not care about it.
a. Carrie was angry.
b. Carrie was too young.
c. Carrie was scared of fire.
9. What was NOT an effect of Pa building the fireplace?
a. The roof caught on fire.
b. Ma could cook dinner indoors.
c. Ma was happy.
10. What did Mr. Edwards share with Pa to help build the roof?
a. hammer
b. screwdriver
c. nails
d. glue
11. Choose the correct word in the following sentence.
The ______ halves lay on the ground.
a. two
b. too
c. to
12. Which words mean almost the same as ‘flickering’ in the following sentence?
The new floor was golden in the flickering firelight.
a. show off
b. sparkle and flash
c. burn up
d. set fire to
13. Based on the context clues in the story, what does the word ‘afford’ mean in the following sentence?
“Glass windows would be nice if we can afford them,” Ma said. “Don’t worry about the expense,” said Pa.
a. to cross a creek
b. to have the money to buy something
c. to find a store that sells glass
14. Which of these nouns stays the same whether it refers to one or many?
a. ax
b. log
c. deer
d. goose
15. Which word in this sentence is spelled incorrectly (not correctly)?
He left a space of bare earth four the fireplace.
a. space
b. bare
c. earth
d. four
16. Which word finishes this sentence correctly?
Laura’s dad_________ a fireplace for their new home.
a. builded
b. built
c. building
17. Choose the correct word for the following sentence.
Of the three girls, Mary was the _________.”
a. most old
b. older
c. oldest
d. more older
18. “That’s a good job,” Ma said.
What is an antonym of the word good?
a. fun
b. better
c. bad
d. small
19. What does the word too most likely mean in the following sentence?
Carrie was excited, too.
a. also
b. the number
c. or else
d. direction
20. What is the root word of starry?
a. starr
b. stars
c. star
d. starless