Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 19 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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Laura doesn't want to go to school. What does Laura do to prove that she already knows how to read?
recites a passage from Millbank
reads the note that Pa left on the table for Ma
takes Ma's recipe and reads the ingredients
reads a passage from the Bible
What is NOT something else that Ma tells Laura she will earn besides reading?
spelling
writing
science
arithmetic
When will Mary and Laura start school?
Wednesday
Sunday
Monday
Friday
Laura asks Pa what he is doing. He tells her and says she can help him. What is he doing?
making a fish-trap
going hunting
repairing a bridle
weeding the garden
What did Pa and Laura find when they headed through the bushes?
beaver dam
waterfall
nest of bumblebees
another swimming hole
Where did Pa and Laura set up the fish-trap?
at the top of the waterfall
in the deep water by the plum trees
underneath the waterfall
beside the beaver dam
True and False: Pa left cracks in the fish-trap. He wanted to trap the small fish while the big fish swam out through the cracks.
true
false
True and False: The fish-trap will keep the fish swimming under the water until Pa came to get them.
true
false
Laura wanted to stay and go fishing. Pa said he can't fish because he has several things to do. What is NOT something that Pa needs to do?
build a sod barn
dig a well
harvest the corn
plow the garden
Pa had always promised that their children would have a chance to "get book learning." Why was this so important to Ma?
Pa had never had a chance to go to school.
Ma was afraid her children would never find a job.
She had been a schoolteacher before marrying Pa.
Ma had never had a chance to go to school.
Pa says that it is time for Mary and Laura to begin going to school. How old is Laura?
five
seven
ten
eight
Pa says that it is time for Mary and Laura to begin going to school. How old is Mary?
nine
eight
twelve
ten
What did Laura and Pa take back with them?
four big fish
three small fish
2 buckets of plums
extra lumber
What did Laura help Pa do when they got back home?
hang the fish from the roof
clean the fish
build a sod barn
plow the garden
True and False: Pa cannot hunt in the spring time because all of the animals are taking care of their babies.
true
false
The family would have to live on fish for a while. What did Pa promise they could have once the wheat was harvested?