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Main Events 2
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Flat land where storms are violent and sudden. Word Bank: violent, prairie, racket, screen.
What is the definition of prairie?
100
They were fishing when they saw a cloud and heard a "humming" noise.
Who are the characters Helga and Erik?
100
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting of the story, Minnesota?
100
Tools used by Helga and Erik to remove the grasshoppers from the house.
What are shovels and a broom?
100
The father hunted and the mother salted and smoked the meat. The children spent time looking for firewood and fishing.
What is the Lunderstorms do to prepare for winter?
200
He told Helga to look after the animals and make sure they make it through the winter.
Who is Helga's father?
200
The part of the land where the grasshoppers destroyed.
What are the fields?
200
Fuel used by the father to kill the grasshoppers.
What is kerosene?
200
The crops were destroyed. There was no money animal feed. Mr. Lundrstrom had to leave and find work.
What did Mr. Lundrstrom do to earn money- went to a lumberyard.
300
to walk in an uneven way. To stumble. Word Bank: staggered, leaped, crawled, walked
What is the definition of staggered?
300
Helga helped him gather grass and twigs to start a fire.
Who is Erik?
300
The lumber camp where the father goes to work.
What is Stillwater?
300
They turned the well water brown.
What are the grasshoppers?
300
They used these two tools to get rid of the grasshoppers in the house.
What are brooms and shovels?