The 'Little House on the Prairie' Quiz

Mary Ingalls never married.

Fifteen-year-old Laura had a third-grade teaching certificate but taught students older than herself in a one-room schoolhouse.

Between "On the Banks of Plum Creek" and "By the Shores of Silver Lake," everyone but Pa and Laura get scarlet fever.

Miss Beadle was a real person and appears in both the books and show.

Laura agreed to be a "farm wife" in the early years of their marriage.

The teacher in De Smet is Eliza Jane Wilder, Almanzo's sister.

"Little House on the Prairie" debuted on Sept. 11, 1974.

"LHOP" lasted for 9 seasons -- the final episode aired in 1983.

The real Mary Ingalls went blind when she was 14.

Laura and Almanzo had one daughter, Rose. They also had a son who died as a baby.

The Ingallses did have a son, but he died before he turned a year old. The adopted Albert is a creation of the show.

Laura's archenemy Nellie was a real person -- although perhaps not quite as evil as the TV Nellie.

"Farmer Boy" is Laura's account of her husband's childhood in upstate New York.

The girls take their first train trip to the railroad camp because Mary is weak.

The real Jack was a bulldog, but on the show he's a sheepdog.

Seven full months of blizzards had the people of De Smet, South Dakota, completely snowed in and starving. Supplies didn't arrive until May.

To raise money for Mary's schooling, Laura took in sewing work.

The little house in the big woods was outside of Pepin, Wisconsin.

The books say that scarlet fever had caused Mary to go blind, but new reports say it was probably viral meningoencephalitis.

The Wilders moved around a bit before settling in Mansfield, Missouri.

Mr. Edwards appears in both the books and the TV show, but he probably wasn't a real person.

Pa's aunt stops by Plum Creek and tells Pa of a job at his uncle's railroad camp.

The Ingallses end up in the prairie near Independence, Kansas.

Mary, Laura, Carrie and Grace all had diabetes.

The Ingallses are still in De Smet in "Little Town on the Prairie."

Plum Creek was just outside of Walnut Grove.

The Ingallses were most likely sick with malaria.

Blackbirds totally destroy the corn and oat harvests.

Nellie's sweet husband, Percival, was a creation of the show.