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Life on the Prairie
About the Book
100
Lived in Maine and has a cat named Seal.
Who is Sarah?
100
To fasten or tie.
What is hitched?
100
A small, furry North American animal that lives in the ground.
What is a woodchuck?
100
The horse that Sarah learned how to ride on.
Who is Old Bess?
100
The name of the book.
What is "Sarah Plain and Tall"?
200
Has gray fur, and lived in Maine.
Who is Seal?
200
Annoyingly troublesome
What is pesky?
200
A thick, flat piece of a hard material (such as stone or wood).
What is a slab?
200
A place they took shelter during the squall.
What is the barn?
200
The place where Sarah, Caleb, Anna and Papa live.
What is on the prairie?
300
A boy whose Mom died the day after he was born.
Who is Caleb?
300
A hat, usually tied under the chin.
What is bonnet?
300
Plants found especially in the North American desert that is blown across the ground by the wind.
What are tumbleweeds?
300
He was excited that he learned how to float first.
Who is Caleb?
300
Author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall".
Who is Patricia MacLachlan?
400
She has a brother named Caleb and her mother died.
Who is Anna?
400
A paid announcement in newspapers or magazines, on the radio or television.
What is an advertisement?
400
A pair of pants with an extra piece attached that covers the chest and has straps that go over the shoulders.
What are overalls?
400
The place where Sarah wanted to drive the wagon by herself for the first time.
What is the town?
400
The year the book's cover art was designed.
What is 1985?
500
After his wife died, he put an advertisement in the newspaper for a new wife.
Who is Papa?
500
A thin piece of wood or metal, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs of buildings.
What is shingles?
500
A bird that nests by a beach.
What is a killdeer?
500
They helped Papa plow the new fields.
Who is Matthew, Maggie and their two kids?
500
The award that "Sarah, Plain and Tall" won.
What is the Newberry Medal?