Little House in the Big Woods

Vocabulary activity for Chapter 12 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.

Along the rail fence the _____ held up its dark red cones of berries above bright flame-colored leaves.
1. sumac
2. bush
3. raspberry vine
Laura and Mary went with Ma to gather walnuts and hickory nuts and _____.
1. blackberries
2. hazelnuts
3. pecans
Then they beat off the dried outer _____ and stored the nuts in the attic for winter.
1. hulls
2. skins
3. crust
Pa told them that the big machine was called the _____.
1. separator
2. threshing machine
3. tumbler
The rod was called a _____, and the little machine was called the horsepower.
1. tumbling rod
2. stem
3. crank
All this machinery made an enormous _____, rackety-banging and clanging.
1. racket
2. clanking
3. screech
At noon the _____ came in to the table loaded with food.
1. threshers
2. laborers
3. men