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.

The grass was dry and _____, and the cows must be taken out of the woods and kept in the barn to be fed.
1. yellowed
2. withered
3. burned
One night when he came in from doing the chores Pa said that after supper he would go to his _____ and watch for deer.
1. treehouse
2. deer perch
3. deer-lick
All day Pa was busy, _____ the little house and the barn with dead leaves and straw, held down by stones, to keep out the cold.
1. banking
2. building
3. tending
He was so fat from feasting on berries and roots and _____ all summer that he was nearly as large as two bears.
1. grubs
2. nuts
3. leaves
"I did not even think of shooting him, until he was _____ away into the woods."
1. waddling
2. creeping
3. lumbering