Farmer Boy

Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 14 of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder!

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Where did Pierre, Louis, and Almanzo drive the sheep?
1. the Big Barn
2. the washing-pens
3. the South Barn
4. the shearing shed
Fill in the Blank:
"Washing sheep was fun for everybody but the _____."
1. Mother
2. sheep
3. Father
4. boys
How did John end up sitting in the river with water over his head?
1. he jumped in
2. a sheep butted him
3. he fell down the bank
4. Almanzo pushed him
What did Father and Lazy John use to cut the wool off the sheep?
1. a large razor
2. long shears
3. a hand saw
4. mother's sewing scissors
What did Royal do to the fleece, or wool, so that Almanzo could carry it up to the loft?
1. stretched it out on the loom
2. cut it into smaller lengths
3. washed it in the river
4. roll it tightly and tie it with twine
True or False:
Father and Lazy John were not good sheep-shears they could not get all of the fine wool without cutting the sheep.
1. false
2. true
What distracted Almanzo from the sheep-shearing?
1. the horses
2. Alice wanted to pick berries
3. Mother asked him to help her
4. the cat and her kittens
What did Almanzo hide in the loft?
1. an unsheared sheep
2. the stray dog
3. a sheared sheep
4. the kittens
True or False:
Almanzo boasted that he got all of the fleeces upstairs before the men had sheared all of the sheep.
1. true
2. false