Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 20 of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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Why did Father have to lift Almanzo's milk-fed pumpkin into the wagon?
Father did not trust Almanzo
it was too big for Almanzo to lift or roll
Almanzo was ill and could not help
Almanzo was too rough with the vegetables
What did Almanzo do with the pumpkins he had piled in the South Barn?
cut jack-o-lanterns out of them
cut them up for Mother's pumpkin pies
threw them at the trees to break them
cut them up for the cows and oxen
True or False: One bruised apple will spoil a whole bin of apples.
false
true
What did Almanzo enjoy doing once all the perfect apples had been picked?
played catch with the leftovers
climbed the trees to get the rest
shook the trees to make the rest of the apples fall
tricked the girls into picking the rest of them
Which of the following did Almanzo NOT do while father was hauling the apples to the cider mill? (choose 3)
Why did they have to work quickly to dig up the potatoes and carrots?
a storm was rolling in and it worried Father
Father wanted to sell them while the price was right
Mother needed them for other chores in the cellar
Mother needed to can them before the weather turned
How many carrots did Alice and Almanzo's little red seeds brown into?
200 pounds
50 bushels
200 bushels
300 bushels
True or False: Mother told Almanzo to make a bonfire of dry potato-tops to keep warm.
true
false
What did Father tell Almanzo to do to take the edge off his appetite?
eat a raw potato
roast some carrots
roast potatoes in the ashes
go to the house for a snack
Why did Almanzo feel bad about roasting the potatoes?
he was letting Eliza Jane work along
he burned Eliza Jane's potato
he burned Alice's potato
he was letting Alice work alone
How did Almanzo get hurt?
the roasting carrots blew up in his face
a roasting potato exploded and hit him in the eye
he tripped over a root on the ground and skinned his knee
he fell into the hot ashes when he and Alice were fighting
True or False: Both of Almanzo's eyelids and his cheek were injured. Father tied a handkerchief around his head.
false
true
Fill in the Blank: "Almanzo's face was blistered and his eye was swelled shut. But Mother put _____ on it."
a soothing salve
some soft butter
a poultice
a bandage
What happened the very night after they finished collecting the potatoes?
hail scattered on the fields
the ground froze
an Indian summer came through
heavy rains fell
True or False: The Harvest was very good that year. They couldn't even fit it all in the barns.
true
false
What was the family looking forward to after the harvest was complete?