The Town that Moved
What was the name of the town?
Hibbing, Minnesota
Who is the speaker in the poem?
The Heartland
Can you name 2 of the characters in the story?
Possible Answers: Earl, Pete, the narrator, laughing sal.
What did Patrick love to eat more than anything else?
Molasses.
What was the Bear Mouse's problem?
He made it a whole town so that their wives and families could come too.
What is the Heartland?
Where do the kids take a trip to at the beginning of the story?
Euclid Beach Park
Why did Patrick need to go get some more molasses?
His mom was going to make molasses cookies and they were out of molasses.
What were the predators of Bear Mouse?
What did they discover right under the town?
What item does the author say the fields of crops looks like?
A quilt
What happens when the kids go outside to play baseball?
They broke their neighbors window.
What did the store keeper say to Patrick when he went there to get his molasses?
That the store was all out of molasses but he was getting a new barrel this afternoon.
Where did the Bear Mouse go to look for food?
The pond.
They propped the building on logs and rolled them with cranes.
What 2 types of places is the heartland made of in this poem?
Cities and Farmland
What did they decide to do to raise money for breaking the neighbors window?
They decided to make their own amusement park in the neighborhood.
What did Patrick encounter when we went to the next store?
The big tank of molasses had exploded!
How did Bear Mouse escape the Bobcat?
She ran all around until she found a hole in the rock wall to hide in.
How long did it take to move the whole town?
a. 30 years
b. 40+ years
c. 60+ years
b. 40+ years
What is some of the harsh weather talked about at the end of the poem?
Floods, frosts, and tornados.
When the amusement park wasn't going very well, what ended up saving the day?
Pete pretended to be laughing Sal!
Why didn't Patrick's mom believe Patrick's story about the molasses? What changed her mind?
The story sounded so ridiculous, and sounded like a tall tale and that the tank couldn't explode.
When the dad came home and confirmed the story, mama believed Patrick.
What did bear mouse find hidden in the wall?
A squirrel's forgotten food- seeds, acorns, and weeds.