Vocabulary activity for Chapter 3 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.
This was a little bag which Ma had made beautifully of _____, from a buck Pa had shot.
material
buckskin
leather
So Pa would take the _____ from its place under the gun barrel, and fasten a piece of clean cloth on its end.
ramrod
gun
metal
After that he rubbed and polished the _____ until the wood of it was bright and shining, too.
weapon
barrel
gunstock
Pa laid one of these bits of greasy cloth over the _____ of the gun, put one of the shiny new bullets on it, and with the ramrod, he pushed the bullet and the cloth down the gun barrel.
handle
barrel
muzzle
The _____ _____ and a small shart hatchet hung at his belt and he carried the gun ready loaded on his shoulder.
gun belt
powder horn
bullet pouch
I climbed up hills, looking for them and calling, and I went down into dark _____, calling and looking.
tunnels
ravines
trenches
My bare legs were scratched by the _____, and when I ran through the bushes their branches struck me.
branches
briars
leaves
These were red squirrels in the trees, chipmunks _____ through the leaves, and little rabbits playing games together in the open places.
running
scurrying
jumping
And he came back into the house and gave me a good _____, so that I would remember to mind him after that.