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Misc.
100
The 2 horses names that Laura's family owned to pull the mowing machine. (page 2)
What is Sam and David?
100
Laura's Pa's name (page 30)
Who is Charles? (Charles Ingalls)
100
A large open area of grassland. Hint: P...
What is a prairie?
100
A machine that was used to cut thick, tall bluestem grass for hay. (page 1)
What is the mowing machine?
100
Age of Laura Ingalls when the story The Long Winter begins.
What is "almost 14?" (13 or 14 acceptable)
200
Pa went to hunt for these fowl in chapter 3, when the frost came. (page 34)
What are geese? or What are ducks?
200
They are the names of Laura's two sisters.
Who is Mary and Carrie?
200
This land is a swamp. Hint: sl....
What is a slough? *Did you know?:A swamp is forested: think of cypress trees, Spanish moss, shrubbery, vines, etc. A beaver dam generally creates a swamp. A slough is a mixture of swamp and marsh, typically a backwater from a river.
200
Created to pull water from the ground for drinking, bathing, and more. You need a pail to collect the water from it. (page 1)
What is a well?
200
Ma sent Pa and Laura a special drink when it was very, very hot out. She sweetened the cool well-water with sugar, flavored it with vinegar, and put plenty of _____ to warm their stomachs to they could drink till they were not thirsty. This special water would not make them sick, plain cold water would when they were so hot. It was a great treat! (page 8... starts with "g")
What is ginger? (Ginger-Water)
300
A little brown-and-yellow striped critter that lives on the prairie and dives into holes for safety. (page 3)
What is a gopher?
300
Laura's sister who is vision impaired (blind). (page 33)
Who is Mary?
300
A small, crudely build shack. (page 13)
What is a shanty?
300
Laura poured the well water from the pail into this container that is easier to carry to Pa for a drink while he worked hard in the fields cutting hay. (page 1)
What is the brown jug? (or jug)
300
Ma made a pie of this for Pa. She never made it this way before, but due to the need for early harvest after the frost killed the garden, she made this dessert that was sooooo delicious they all ate slow to savor it and went to bed happy. (page 36)
What is green pumpkin? (green pumpkin pie)
400
Pa harvested hay and corn to feed these 2 kinds of animals they owned. (Chapter 3, page 30)
What are cow and horses?
400
Laura's younger sister who went to town with her to the hardware store to buy Pa parts for his broken mower. (page 16)
Who is Carrie?
400
The month the frost came and caused the garden to die and need immediate harvesting. (page 27) hint: it happened on the first day of the month in question.
What is October?
400
This small item keeps the water from spilling out of the brown jug Laura brings to her Pa so he can have a drink while working on the prairie. (page 1)
What is a cork?
400
Pa thought Ma's special pie was made from this fruit.
What is apple?
500
Laura notices a den of this animal while helping her father stack hay for their livestock. Pa inspects the den and notes that the walls are thicker than he's ever seen, which leads him to fear that the upcoming winter will be harsh. (page 12)
What is a muskrat?
500
The Wilder brother's names. They pointed the way to get to Pa for Laura and Carrie when the sisters were lost in the tall grass of the slough on the way home from Fuller's Hardware Store. (page 23)
Who are Manzo and Roy? (Almonzo and Royal)
500
Where the pumpkins, tomatoes, potatoes, turnips, beans, and other edible things are grown for the family. (page 28)
What is a garden?
500
It looks like a giant fork and it is used to scoop up the hay to put in the hayrack/wagon. Pa used this tool while Laura trampled the hay down with her stomping feet. (page 5)
What is a pitchfork?
500
Carrie loves to eat this raw garden root vegetable.
(pg. 30)
What is a turnip?
600
It has round eyes, shining like beads. Its tongue flickers so fast that it looks like a tiny jet of steam. The whole bright-striped creature had a gentle look. It curved its head up and stared at the high wall of Laura's calico skirt as she sat on the prairie watching her Pa work. (page 3)
What is a snake (garter snake)?
600
The name of Mr. Fuller's shop in town where Laura and Carrie bought Pa's mower replacement part. (page 16)
What is Fuller's Hardware?
600
The state the Ingall family lives in The Long Winter. (page 2)
What is Dakota (South Dakota)?
600
Used in sewing, a small pitted cup worn on the finger that protects it from being pricked or poked by a needle while sewing. (page 33)
What is a thimble?
600
When Pa saw the muskrats built the walls of their houses very thick, thicker than normal, he was worried this might happen _______. (page 12)
(What is:) He is worried that the winter is going to be a hard one, a colder winter than normal.
