Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 18 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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What is NOT something that Laura saw when she looked out her window the next morning?
wheat field
path down the knoll
oat field
Plum Creek
What noise did the girls hear downstairs?
Jack eating breakfast
Pa hammering nails into the table
Ma sweeping the floor
lids clattering on the cookstove
Laura asked Pa if they could play at the creek. He said, "No," but what could they do instead?
finish moving their things from the dugout
watch the cattle from the tableland
take the path to Nelson's to see what they found
go to the swimming hole to swim
What did the girls find in the lean-to?
a boughten broom
a bat and ball
a butter churn
a bicycle
True and False: The girls admired the new broom. It looked just like the ones that Pa had made.
false
true
True and False: After finishing their chores, Mary and Laura followed the path. They found the creek, but it looked very different.
true
false
True and False: Laura and Mary saw that they path went on forever. Laura knew that it must go all the way to Mr. Nelson's house.
false
true
What did the girls find at the creek?
Spot, Sam and David drinking fresh water
a large, clear pool that they could wade in
a little boat that Pa had built
rushing water that picked up rocks and sticks along the way
True and False: Laura and Mary found a strange creature. He had big pincer-claws and hid below a rock. Laura splashed at him, but could not get him to come out from under that rock.
false
true
What did the strange creature do to the stick that Mary and Laura teased him with?
pulled it from Laura's hand
snapped it in two
ran away from it
he stayed hidden under his rock
True and False: Laura would not go into the dark water by the plum trees. Mary went in there alone.
false
true
Why couldn't Laura see the bottom of the pool in the dark water?
it was covered with grasses
it was too deep to see
it was thick with mud
she would not venture close enough
When Laura waded back into the clean water, what did she see all over her legs and feet? She could not get them to come off.
tiny fish
little snakes
mud-colored worms
sticky grass
Laura grabbed the blobs on her legs and arm and pulled and pulled until it finally came off. What did it leave behind?
bloody spots
long stingers
red swollen bumps
more mud
What did Pa say Laura should do to stay away from the leeches?
swim in deeper water
stay out of the mud
stay out of the creek
What did Pa say the girls can do now that the family is settled two miles from town?