Little House in the Big Woods

True and False:
Just as Laura thought she might go outside to play, a thick snow covered the ground
1. true
2. false
Fill in the Blank:
Pa could not explain what a "sugar snow" was because he was hurrying off to help _____.
1. Grandma
2. Aunt Ruby
3. Grandpa
4. Uncle Peter
What did Pa bring home to Ma and the girls?
1. new clothes
2. maple syrup
3. ice cream
4. a new pet
What did Grandpa do with all the little troughs he had made?
1. hooked them on the tree branches
2. dug out the tree roots
3. connected them to make a feeding trough for the animals
4. hammered them into the maple trees
Fill in the Blank:
The _____ is the blood of a tree.
1. sap
2. stem
3. water
4. root
What makes leaves grow once the weather begins to warm?
1. seeds
2. sap moves from the roots to the tip of each branch
3. the sunlight
4. the roots shoot water all through the branches
What does Grandpa do with the sap that he collects each day?
1. combines it with water in a large kettle
2. boils it in an iron kettle
3. presents each bucketful to Grandma for pasteurizing
4. pours it all over the garden patch
True and False:
The fire must be hot enough to make the sap boil over the edge of the kettle.
1. true
2. false
Why do they call this a sugar snow?
1. people can make more sugar
2. snow is soft and sweet
3. Grandpa is making sugar
4. the snow is perfect for ice cream
What will happen at Grandma's and Grandpa's house next Monday?
1. planting party
2. barn building
3. Grandma's birthday
4. a dance
Where had mother gotten her delaine dress?
1. her mother had made it
2. Pa had purchased new material for her
3. Mary and Laura had saved their money to buy it
4. a dressmaker back East
What did Pa's fiddle need?
1. many repairs
2. a new handle
3. a new bow
4. a new string