Farmer Boy

What was Almanzo collecting from the buckets under the trees?
1. sap
2. acorns
3. sugar
4. walnuts
Where did Almanzo pour what he had collected?
1. into Mother's kettle
2. over the fields
3. into a big caldron
4. in the feed trough
What did Almanzo find under the snow on the south slopes?
1. wintergreen berries
2. delicious pecans
3. a bucket of sap
4. a baby bird
True or False:
Almanzo hated the taste of wintergreen berries.
1. false
2. true
How did they get the full buckets back to the house?
1. moved all of them to the bobsled
2. used yokes on their shoulders to carry them
3. carried the buckets one at a time
4. brought the sleigh out to the woods
What happened to the syrup Mother poured into milk-pans?
1. the children made candy out of it
2. they were solid by morning
3. the animals enjoyed eating it
4. they evaporated in the moonlight
Why was Alice mad that she had to go to school when Almanzo did not?
1. she hated school
2. she wanted to help collect the sap
3. she wanted to go fishing instead
4. she smelled berries on his breath
What did Mother add to the bottle of wintergreen leaves that Almanzo had brought home?
1. milk
2. whiskey
3. maple syrup
4. water
Fill in the Blank:
Everyone was excited that the _____ _____ potato buyers were in town.
1. New York
2. New Jersey
3. Lake Saranac
4. Niagara Falls
How much money did Father earn for the potatoes that he sold?
1. 1000 dollars
2. 5 dollars
3. 500 dollars
4. 100 dollars
What is one thing that the Wilders did NOT do on house-cleaning day?
1. washed the blankets and quilts
2. scrubbed, scoured, and polished
3. painted the parlor walls
4. aired the feather-beds
Why were Royal and Almanzo going through the vegetable-bins?
1. looking for more wintergreen berries
2. finding vegetables for Mother's stew
3. checking to make sure they had found all of the potatoes
4. sorting out the spoiled ones
What did they use to whitewash the whole cellar?
1. soapy water
2. paint
3. syrup
4. lime