Farmer Boy

Who did Almanzo see coming up the road one evening?
1. a horse salesman
2. the cobbler
3. the tin-peddler
4. Grandfather Wilder
What is the name of the tin-peddler?
1. Lane Brown
2. Nick Brown
3. Jonas Lane
4. James Brown
True or False:
The tin-peddler's cart was just like a little house on four wheels.
1. false
2. true
Who took care of the tin-peddler's horse?
1. Almanzo
2. Eliza Jane
3. Nick Brown
4. Royal
The tin-peddler told Father that he should get a good price for his colts. How much did he think a team would be worth?
1. 500 dollars apiece
2. 200 dollars apiece
3. 100 dollars
4. 200 dollars
After supper, they all sat around the heater until 9 o'clock. Why were Almanzo's sides aching when he went to bed?
1. Mother had him helping the girls with the dishes
2. laughing at the peddler's stories
3. Royal was telling jokes all evening
4. Father had him working extra hard
The tin-peddler's cart was full of all kinds of pails, pans, strainers, graters, etc. What were they all made of?
1. copper
2. wood
3. plastic
4. tin
Who had made all of the things that the tin-peddler was selling?
1. a factory in New York City
2. Nick, the tin peddler's wife
3. Nick, the tin-peddler
4. people Mr. Brown met on his journeys
What did Mother use in trade for the tin-peddler's tinware?
1. her egg money
2. new woolen cloth
3. rags she had saved
4. vegetables
What did the tin-peddler give to Eliza Jane?
1. six muffin pans
2. six diamond-shaped patty-pans
3. a tin horn
4. six heart-shaped patty-pans
What did the tin-peddler give to Alice?
1. six diamond-shaped patty-pans
2. ten muffin pans
3. six heart-shaped patty-pans
4. a tin horn
What did the tin-peddler give to Almanzo?
1. a set of little toy animals
2. a tool set
3. a red tin horn
4. a diamond-shaped patty-pan