Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 16 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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What did Pa do every morning after the creek went down?
went back to work for Mr. Nelson
worked on the wheat field with the Christmas horses
started building the house
took the Christmas horses to the pasture with the cattle
What are the names of the Christmas horses?
Sam and David
Pet and Patty
Pete and Bright
Tom and Jerry
What did Laura do each night when Pa returned after dark?
took Pa's supper to him in the stable
unhitched and fed Sam and David
held the lantern while Pa did the chores
helped Ma set the table for supper
What is NOT something that Pa prepared fields for?
potatoes
corn
wheat
oats
Pa went to town as soon as the wheat was up. What did he bring home?
a wagon full of lumber
new furniture
a new stove
material for new dresses for all the girls
What was special about these smooth, straight boards?
Pa had split them himself
they had been sawed by machinery
Pa used all the money he had to purchase them
they had cost a lot of money
What kind of windows is this new house going to have?
open
greased paper
plastic
glass
True and False: Mr. Nelson came the next morning to help Pa begin building the frame for the house.
false
true
True and False: Laura thought it was really fun to watch them set up the skeleton house.
true
false
What did Mary and Laura do with the little blocks of wood that they gathered into piles?
used them to carve animals
built their own houses
threw them into the creek
started a fire to burn them
True and False: Pa and Mr. Nelson covered the roof with shelf-hewn shingles. Hand-made shingles are so much better than boughten ones.
true
false
True and False: Pa covered the floor with smooth boards that grooved along the edge to fit together.
false
true
True and False: Pa laid another floor above their heads. The upstairs floor made the downstairs ceiling.
false
true
What did Pa put up in the downstairs?
a bedstead for each of the girls
a large stove to heat the whole house
a partition wall to make 2 rooms
a wooden bench for the girls to play on
In all, how many windows did Pa put in the downstairs walls?
two
five
four
none
What do you call the little room that Pa built outside the back door?
laundry room
pantry
lean-to
kitchen
Why did Pa have to stop working on the lean-to to build a ladder?
Laura could not wait to see the attic
Mary could not wait to see the attic
Laura wanted to see Carrie's room
Pa needed to return to town for more lumber
What did Laura find at either end of the attic?
new bedsteads
little doors that covered the closets
a glass window
benches
What did Pa nail all over the outside of the house and then nailed more board over it?
tar paper
greased paper
glass
plywood
What did Pa put around the windows and doorways?
extra insulation
frames
willow boughs
shutters
True and False: Pa would need to chink the boards to fill in the cracks that were left between the boards.
true
false
True and False: Pa hung boughten doors in the doorways.
true
false
Pa fitted the new doors with locks and fancy knobs to open and shut the doors. What kind of door knobs did he use?
black coal
store-bought glass
hand-made wooden
white china
Pa opened the door to let the girls see the surprise inside the lean-to. What surprise was Pa hiding?