Farmer Boy

What kind of nuts did Father want collected before it snows?
1. walnuts
2. pecans
3. hickory nuts
4. beechnuts
Why were the pastures empty now?
1. the stock had died of a terrible disease
2. the stalk were all in the warm barns
3. they moved the stock to pastures in the mountains
4. they had sold off all of the stock
What did Almanzo and Alice do when Royal and Father drove away with the full wagon?
1. raked the leaves
2. fished in the pond
3. collected berries
4. played
True or False:
Father called that first dusting of snow a poor man's fertilizer because it helped the soil before the ground froze.
1. true
2. false
What was the next job for the Wilders once the bitter cold weather had settled in the area?
1. plowing
2. branding
3. ice-cutting
4. butchering
Lazy John and French Joe came to help out again. They killed some hogs and one yearling beef. How many hogs were killed?
1. three
2. ten
3. five
4. two
Mother and the girls cut off all the bits of fat from the hogs. What did they make from the fat they cut off?
1. lard
2. fertilizer
3. dog food
4. bacon
Father saved the hide from a beef each year. What was it used for?
1. to burn in the winter
2. to make blankets
3. to make coats
4. to make shoes
True or False:
Father and Joe hung all of the meat in the root cellar so that it would stay frozen all winter.
1. true
2. false
Mother boiled all six of the head from the stock that had been butchered. What was she making?
1. soap
2. paint
3. soup
4. headcheese
Fill in the Blank:
After they finished butchering, Mother was ready to start making _____.
1. candles
2. shoes
3. clothing
4. cheese
What melted into tallow that was used to make candles?
1. pork fat
2. headcheese
3. lye soap
4. beef fat
After the tallow hardened, what did Mother do to get the candles out of the molds?
1. grabbed them out by the stick
2. bang the mold against the table
3. dip the mold into boiling water
4. dip the mold into a basin of ice