Chapters 15-22 Little House on the Prairie

What does it mean to be a pioneer?

• a person who is among those who first entered or settled in a region.

• a person who lives in the country.

• a person who runs people out of their land.

• a person living off the earth with little resources.

A land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions is known to be a

• a settlement

• frontier

• a landowner

• a worker

Why was Laura's mouth just as purple as her fingers?

• she ate as much berries as she picked.

• she fell into the bushes.

• she had a strange illness

• she got into the paints.

What did Ma do with the pail full of berries that they brought home each day?

• baked pies and cakes

• made preserves

• fed them to the animals

• spread them in the sun to dry

What happened when Laura tried to get out of bed?

• she hugged Jack because he was sick too

• she fell down

• Mary cried because she was cold

• she felt much better

A man with dark skin came to check on the Ingalls. Laura remembered that he had given her something to drink when she was sick. Who was he?

• Mrs. Scott's brother

• Dr. Tan

• Mr. Scott

• a neighbor

Mrs. Scott said that all of the settlers in the area had _____. She had been going from house to house taking care of all.

• yellow fever

• typhus

• fever 'n' ague

• cholera

What did Pa do since he wasn't able to work?

• made Jack a dog house

• made Ma a rocking chair

• laid in bed too sick to move

• made the girls a toy train.

Pa said that watermelons did not cause dever 'n' ague. What did he say caused it?

• creek water

• mosquitoes

• gas from underground

• breathing night air

Fever 'n' ague is really ______ and ______ spread the desease to people.

• cholera, mosquitoes

• malaria, mosquitoes

• yellow fever, watermelons

• malaria, bad waters