Farmer Boy

Vocabulary activity for Chapters 9-10 of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder!

Here are some exerts from the story. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word. When you have answered all of the questions, click the "Check Answer" button. A box will pop-up with your score. Do not close until your score is printed or reviewed by your teacher.

They kicked up their heels and ran _____ around the barnyard, and when he tried to stop them they ran right over him into the snow.
1. intensely
2. beaming
3. bawling
"You better not," said Almanzo. "When the calves feel the _____, they're liable to run away."
1. beam
2. heft
3. aromatic
"You better not," said Almanzo. "When the calves feel the heft, they're _____ to run away."
1. liable
2. intense
3. bawl
His open mouth was full of snow. He spit it out, and _____, scrambled up.
1. hefted
2. bored
3. wallowed
The yoke was crooked and their necks were _____ in the bows.
1. intense
2. heft
3. askew
The days were growing longer, but the cold was more _____.
1. aromatic
2. intense
3. askew
In every maple tree Father had _____ a small hole, and fitted a little wooden spout into it.
1. beamed
2. bored
3. pitted
The cold berries crunched between his teeth, gushing out their _____ juice.
1. intense
2. aromatic
3. askew
All along the walls of barns and house the snow was _____ with water falling from the icicles, and finally the icicles fell crashing.
1. aromatic
2. wallowed
3. pitted
"That's pretty good," Mother said, _____. They all felt happy.
1. bawling
2. boring
3. beaming