Farmer Boy

Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 3 of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder!

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Fill in the Blank:
"His moccasins would always be comfortably soft; and keep his feet dry, as long as the leather was well greased, and he didn't stop rubbing it until it would absorb no more _____.
1. grease
2. polish
3. tallow
4. oil
In the evening, everyone "ate popcorn and apples, and drank sweet cider, except Eliza Jane." What did Eliza Jane do instead?
1. read the news aloud
2. focused on her homework
3. went to visit her friends
4. talked on the telephone
According to the story, who had brought popcorn to the first Thanksgiving Day?
1. Indians
2. Pilgrim Mothers
3. Pilgrim Fathers
4. Europeans
What was bedtime?
1. nine thirty
2. ten o'clock
3. nine o'clock
4. whenever they wanted it to be
Mr. Corse said that it was a cold night and Father said that it would be even colder by morning. How cold was it?
1. 50 degrees below zero
2. 0 degrees
3. 40 degrees below zero
4. 20 degrees
Why did Father go out in the middle of the night to check on the animals?
1. he had heard a rumor of a prowler
2. they were make a lot of racket
3. to feed them grain to keep them warm
4. to exercise them so they would not freeze
What time did Almanzo's mother wake him up the next morning?
1. three thirty
2. five thirty
3. five o'clock
4. eight o'clock
Where did Almanzo have to go before breakfast?
1. to take his mother to the neighbor's house
2. to the woods, for firewood
3. outside, to do chores
4. to school