Farmer Boy

Vocabulary activity for Chapters 11-12 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.

Now breakfast was eaten before dawn, and the sun was rising beyond the _____ meadows when Almanzo drove his team from the barns.
1. dewy
2. whinny
3. shrewdy
All the soil must be made _____ and fine and smooth.
1. mellow
2. shrewd
3. dewy
Father said:
"_____ along there, son, _____ along!"
1. Hustle
2. Straddle
3. Lurch
Almanzo and Alice, with the carrot seeds, went up and down the long field, _____ the little furrows.
1. lurching
2. mellow
3. straddling
They dribbled the carrot seeds into the _____, and with their feet they pushed the dirt over the seeds and pressed it down.
1. straddle
2. dewy
3. furrows
And the young horses put their heads through the windows of their stalls and _____ to the big white horse.
1. lurched
2. shrewd
3. whinnied
Nick Brown, the tin-_____, was a jolly, fat man, who told stories and sang songs.
1. lurch
2. eager
3. peddler
He looked surprised, and he looked respectfully at Mother. Mother was a good, _____ trader.
1. furrow
2. shrewd
3. mellow
The big white horse stepped out _____, well fed and brushed and rested.
1. mellowly
2. eagerly
3. shrewdly
The red cart went past the house and _____ into the road, and Mr. Brown began to whistle.
1. lurched
2. whinnied
3. furrowed