Little House on the PrairieReading and Language Skills AssessmentChapter 15 & 16

What did Laura and Ma pick in the creek bottoms?
1. tomatoes
2. blackberries
3. apples
4. raspberries
What insect was thriving in buzzing swarms in the creek bottoms?
1. bumble bees
2. wasps
3. mosquitoes
4. flies
Why didn’t Mary go to pick with Ma and Laura?
1. She stayed home to take care of Baby Carrie.
2. She didn’t like picking, so she stayed home and cleaned.
3. She helped Pa in the garden.
What did Pa do to keep the mosquitoes away from the house and the barn?
1. He sprayed bug spray that he had bought in Independence.
2. He kept piles of damp grass burning to make smoke.
3. He sprayed them with water from the creek bottoms.
The whole family became sick with .
1. measles
2. the flu
3. bad colds
4. fever’n’auge
Who was Dr. Tan?
1. a doctor for the Indians
2. a doctor for the settlers in Independence.
3. their neighbor
4. an Indian
Who told Dr. Tan that the family was in great need of help?
1. Mr. Edwards
2. the Indians
3. Jack
4. Mrs. Scott, their neighbor
What did Mrs. Scott believe caused the illness?
1. picking blackberries
2. Indians
3. eating watermelons
4. mosquitoes
What made the family well?
1. the bitter powders
2. Jack
3. Mrs. Scott
4. time
What special furniture did Pa make for Ma as he recovered from his illness?
1. a sofa
2. a bed
3. a rocker
4. new cupboard
When Pa brought home a watermelon to eat, he said everybody knew that fever’n’ague was not caused by watermelons but by ___________________.
1. mosquitoes
2. blackberries
3. ‘breathing the night air’
4. bad water
What did we learn is the ‘modern times’ name for fever’n’ague?
1. flu
2. cold
3. malaria
4. strep
What piece of technology helps us to see the tiny parasite that causes malaria?
1. telescope
2. microscope
3. binoculars
4. computer
We know this story took place in the ‘past’ because ___________________.
1. They had to wait for the weather to get cold to hunt deer, so the meat wouldn’t spoil as they stored it during the winter.
2. The family owned a cow and horses that lived in a barn.
3. The family ate deer meat and blackberries.

Little House on the Prairie
Reading and Language Skills Assessment
Chapter 15 & 16

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