Farmer Boy

Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 24 of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder!

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What are Father and Almanzo making?
1. a bobsled
2. fence posts
3. a new wagon
4. a new shed
True or False:
Father said that they must find two trees exactly alike for the runners.
1. false
2. true
Fill in the Blanks:
To make the runners, they had to find trees that were _____ inches thick and _____ feet tall before they curved.
1. ten, three
2. four, eight
3. five, six
4. six, five
Where did Almanzo and Father decide to build the little bobsled?
1. Big-Barn Floor
2. Horse-Barn Floor
3. South-Barn Floor
4. North-Barn Floor
How far apart did Father lay the runners before fitting the cross-beams?
1. three and a half feet
2. four and a quarter feet
3. two feet
4. three feet
What did Father use to bore a hole in the slab?
1. a drill
2. a hammer and stake
3. his whittling knife
4. an auger
How long was the elm sapling that Father used for the tongue?
1. ten feet
2. three feet
3. twelve feet
4. five feet
What did Father drive through the end of the tongue?
1. an iron spike
2. a wooden hook
3. a wooden spike
4. an iron ring
Why did Almanzo want a deep snow to accumulate that night?
1. so he could play in it tomorrow
2. so he could avoid going to school
3. so he could use his sled
4. so he could help his father in the barns again
What was Almanzo going to use the bobsled for?
1. to haul wood
2. to haul supplies from town
3. to take his friends for a ride
4. to sled down the hill
True or False:
Father said that since they would need to be inside tomorrow, they should begin threshing the wheat.
1. false
2. true