Before completing this activity, you must read chapter 29 of On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder!
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What covered the ground one morning?
a foot of snow
wolf tracks
a thick frost
grasshopper eggs
True and False: When Mrs. Nelson came to visit, she brought her baby, Anna, with her.
false
true
Anna was a little bigger than Carrie, but could not understand what Laura or Mary was saying. They could not understand Anna either. What language was she speaking?
Italian
Swedish
French
Norwegian
True and False: Ma sent the girls to get their toy blocks and to play nicely with Anna.
false
true
What did Anna do to the paper doll she pulled out of the box?
dressed it in a pink dress
wadded it up and threw it out
tore it in two
scribbled all over it
What did Anna do if she did not get her way?
bawled
ran away
screamed
went to sleep
True and False: Mary told Laura not to get Charlotte, because Anna might hurt her.
true
false
What terrible thing happened?
Anna would not give Charlotte back.
Anna ripped out Charlotte's hair.
Anna tore Charlotte's dress.
Carrie tore Charlotte's dress.
Why did Ma say it was alright for Laura to give Charlotte to Anna?
Ma would buy Laura another doll.
Ma and Laura could make another doll.
Laura was too big to play with dolls.
Mary would share her doll with Laura.
Who helped the Ingalls by chopping up wood to replenish their wood pile?
Reverend Alden
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Oleson
Why did Ma worry when the cold rains fell?
The roof was leaking.
Pa would not be able to start home.
They ran out of fire wood.
Pa must be on his way home.
True and False: When Laura went to the Nelson's she did not go in because she was afraid she might see Charlotte.
false
true
Where did Laura see Charlotte?
frozen in a mud puddle
at Mr. Oleson's store
on her bed
at the Nelson's
Why didn't Mr. Nelson go to town?
the weather was bad
he had injured his leg
he was working in the field
he was sick
What is NOT something that was wrong with Charlotte when Laura found her?
she was scalped
her dress was missing
she was missing an eye
her mouth was torn
True and False: When Ma asks what is wrong, Laura says she stole Charlotte.
true
false
What did Ma promise to do with Charlotte?
bury her in a shoe box
return her to Anna
buy her a new dress
make her as good as new
True and False: When Laura went to bed that night, Charlotte was laid in her box all clean and new again.
false
true
What woke them up?
a terrible crash
cold air
the horses
lightning
What had Pa done to wake up the girls?
yelled upstairs
climbed the ladder
slammed the door
dropped an armful of wood
Why had Pa not let them know he was coming?
he had to leave suddenly
he was too busy to write
he did not have money to post a letter
his letter was lost in the mail
Pa brought home the money he had earned, but what did he NOT bring?
presents
horses
new seeds
new clothes
True and False: Ma told Pa that the girls had been an great help to her.
true
false
The girls' feet have grown. Who would get new shoes?