Little House in the Big Woods

Vocabulary activity for Chapter 1 of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder!

Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. 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.

Wolves lived in the Big Woods, and bears, and huge wild cats. _____ and mink and otter lived by the streams.
1. gophers
2. prairie dogs
3. muskrats
Wolves lived in the Big Woods, and bears, and huge wild cats. Muskrats and _____ and otter lived by the streams.
1. mink
2. ferret
3. badger
Wolves lived in the Big Woods, and bears, and huge wild cats. Muskrats and mink and _____ lived by the streams.
1. otter
2. beaver
3. seal
A _____ _____ ran before the house, turning and twisting out of sight in the woods where the wild animals lived, but the little girl did not know where it went, nor what might be at the end of it.
1. worn path
2. wagon track
3. long road
That day Pa and Ma and Laura and Mary had fresh _____ for dinner.
1. beef
2. venison
3. pork
On the piece that he cut out he fastened leather _____; then he fitted it into place, and that was the little door, with the bark still on it.
1. hinges
2. buckles
3. brackets
"Run over to the chopping block and fetch me some of those green _____ chips -- new, clean, white ones."
1. hickory
2. maple
3. oak
Instead of burning quickly, the green chips _____ and filled the hollow log with thick, choking smoke.
1. smoked
2. smoldered
3. sizzled
The barrels of salted fish were in the pantry, and yellow cheeses were stacked on the _____ shelves.
1. lean-to
2. pantry
3. kitchen
In a minute she took one finger _____ out of an ear, and listened.
1. cautiously
2. slowly
3. quickly
From time to time Ma skimmed out the brown _____.
1. cracklings
2. gristle
3. pork skins
She would use them to flavor _____ later.
1. sausage
2. johnny-cake
3. biscuits
Then she mixed the _____ with it, and set it away in a pan to cool.
1. pot-liquor
2. broth
3. grease