On the Banks of Plum Creek

What was happening in the thickets around Plum Creek?
1. animals were restless
2. trees were drying
3. plums were ripening
4. leaves were falling
What did Laura find when she went to drive Spot to meet the cattle?
1. Pete and Bright had broken their ropes and were missing.
2. Pete and Bright were in the stable sleeping while Pa was walking in the fields.
3. Pa had already yoked Pete and Bright to the plow and went to work.
4. Pa was working in the stable.
What did Mary and Laura do after the breakfast dishes were washed?
1. went to play in the creek
2. walked to town all by themselves
3. help Ma with the laundry
4. took pails to pick plums
True and False:
Pa was making a big wheat field that would provide for anything the family needed.
1. false
2. true
What did Mary and Laura find sucking the juices out of the plums?
1. ants
2. squirrels and rabbits
3. bees and hornets
4. mice
What did Laura do with the cracked plums she found?
1. popped them in her mouth
2. passed them to Mary's pail
3. left them on the trees
4. threw them to the ground
True and False:
Mary likes to shake the plum trees. She knew just how to shake them to get the ripe plums to fall.
1. false
2. true
Mary and Laura had the job of picking plums from the plum thickets along Plum Creek. Laura really liked her job, but Mary would rather be sewing. Different kinds of Plum ripen at different times. Follow this link to match the variety of plums with the order in which the girls picked them. Remember your score before you close that window to return to this question. Then, choose the range that your score fits into.
Picking Plums
1. 51-75
2. 26-50
3. 0
4. 76-100
What color were the frost plums?
1. green
2. purple
3. red
4. blue
Even though it was almost Thanksgiving, thre was no rain or frosts. Pa said that old-timers call it _____ weather.
1. Indian Summer
2. grasshopper
3. plum
4. Minnesota