Vocabulary
Contriving
Wilders
Figurative Language
Ingalls
100

A small roughly built shelter.

What is a shanty?

100

Green Pumpkin Pie

What did Ma contrive after the harvest?

100

Was talking when Laura and Carrie were stuck in the slough

Who is Almanzo and Royal?

100

Where there's a will, there's a way.

What is an adage or proverb?

100

Moved his family to town.

Who is Pa?

200

Serious

What is sober?

200

Button Lamp

What did Ma contrive when the kerosene was gone?

200

The wheat was hidden behind a wall so this person wouldn't sell it.

Who is Royal?

200

I put my foot down.

What is an idiom?

200

Received $20 from Mr. Edwards

Who is Mary?

300

Suffering of the mind

What is distress?

300

Hay Sticks

What did Pa contrive to heat the house when the coal was gone?

300

Waited behind when Almanzo when looking for the wheat.

Who is Royal?

300

...as light as foam.

What is a simile?

300

She was optimistic.

Who is Ma?

400

Satisfactory

What is suit?

400

Snow Tunnel

What did Pa contrive when the snow covered the lean-to?

400

Almost froze his toes off.

Who is Almanzo?

400

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

What is an adage or proverb?

400

Hated to hear the distressing sound of the storm.

Who is Laura?

500

A muddy or dusty filled hollow

What is a wallow?

500

Bread from Ground Wheat

What did Ma contrive when all they had was wheat and no flour?

500

Loaned his horse to Mr. Foster.

Who is Almanzo?

500

heavyhearted

What is a metaphor?

500

Carried ginger water to Pa and Laura.

Who is Carrie?

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