Vocabulary activity for Chapter 1 of The Indian School by Gloria Whelan!
Choose which word best fits each sentence. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.
"Some years ago he and Aunt Emma traveled north to start a ________ for Indian children."
blacksmith
frippery
mission school
washstand
"We have arranged for Luke Jones, a ________ from our school, to bring you here to us."
anvil
grouse
blacksmith
possession
"Since you are an only child, it is likely that you received much ________ ."
schooner
coddling
withered
possession
"Your uncle and I were greatly sorrowed to hear of the unfortunate accident that ________ your dear mother and father."
coddling
mission school
outbuilding
befell
"We loved to see the great puffing steamships and the ________ with their sails out like soaring gulls."
washstands
schooners
fripperies
grouse
"It was not hard to imagine him shaping iron on his ________ ."
coddling
withered
blacksmith
"Her face was like a ________ apple."
grouse
withered
befell
mission school
"I had time for no more than a hasty glance around the school grounds. There were ________ and fields."
blacksmith
outbuilding
washstand
mission school
"It may be that you have ________ in your wardrobe."
coddles
withers
fripperies
grouse
"It will be best if your parents' ________ are sold"
fripperies
anvils
coddles
possessions
"The ________ were excellent and with them we had roasted potatoes and cider."
grouse
outbuilding
mission school
washstand
"I hung my clothes upon the pegs and placed my comb and brush upon my ________ ."