Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 6 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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What was out on the prairie beyond the stable?
Plum Creek
the fields
the road to town
a long gray rock
True and False: Laura loved to try to catch butterflies. She knew that nothing she did could hurt them.
false
true
Why didn't the girls play on the rock in the morning or in the evening?
Pa took them to the creek
Ma gave them chores to do
the cattle went by
Jack liked to sleep on the rock
Who drove the cattle to and from the pasture?
Mary and Laura
Pa
Johnny Johnson
Ma
Pa was driving one cow away from the others. What was around its neck?
Pa's blanket
Ma's good sheets
a wreath of roses
Johnny's yoke
How did Pa pay Mr. Nelson for the cow?
a batch of Ma's bread
a loan on the crop
20 dollars
a day's work
What did the cow do when Laura tried to milk her on the wrong side?
bellowed
looked at her with gentle eyes
broke the ropes
kicked at her
True and False: Mrs. Nelson called the cow "Reet". Laura figured out that that meant "wreath of roses".
true
false
What group of people have the Ingalls's not lived among?