Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 26 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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True and False: Mary liked sitting and reading of doing Math problems, but Laura was bored with school work.
false
true
What was happening to Plum Creek?
it was almost dry
it was flooding
it was flowing backwards
it was changing course
Laura found a bunch of little holes in the ground. What did she dig out of one of them?
a grasshopper
a rock
a blue thing that looked like a bird
a gray thing that looked like a worm
What did Laura see when she looked for Pa in the wheat fields?
Pa plowing the fields with Sam and David
new wheat sprouting out of the ground
Pa planting seeds in the plowed fields
Sam and David standing still with the plow
What did Pa say the grasshoppers were doing now?
preparing for winter
heading east
laying eggs
heading west
Pa opened up some of the strange gray pods. How many eggs did he find in each?
six or seven
ten or twenty
two or three
thirty-five or forty
True and False: Pa said that there were eight or ten holes in every square foot of ground.
false
true
True and False: Pa is afraid of all those grasshoppers. He is sure that things will never get better now.
true
false
What does Pa want to do while Ma is preparing dinner?
he is going to go to town for a meeting
he wants to go to town to look for work
he is going back out to finish the plowing
he is going to Mr. Nelson's place
What did Ma make for dinner by scalding a pan of milk?
butter
cottage cheese
cream cheese
whipped cream
What did the girls do to get ready for dinner?
helped to toss a salad
put on their best dresses and hair ribbons
baked some cookies
baked a plum pie
Where is Pa going tomorrow morning?
west
east
north
south
Why is Pa leaving in the morning?
to look for a job in the city
to go hunting for animal skins to sell
to help with the harvests that were not ruined by grasshoppers
to find some freight work
True and False: Pa wants to get there quickly to beat all of the other men who will be looking for work.
false
true
How will Pa travel?
he will catch the train
he will walk
he will take the wagon and horses
he will ride David
True and False: After dinner, there was not time for Pa to play the fiddle. Everyone went to bed because Pa would have to get up early in the morning to leave.
true
false
What is NOT a song that Pa played on the fiddle?
"Dixie Land"
"All the Blue Bonnets Are Over the Border"
"We'll Rally Round the Flag, Boys!"
"Old Dan Tucker"
Who did Pa put in charge of taking care of his fiddle?
Carrie
Laura
Mary
Ma
There was no prairie grass left for the hungry cattle. What did they have left to eat? (choose 3)