Blizzard Ch 10 - 12 Probasco

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Across
  1. 2. Peter told the story of the tragic death of his brother, William, as he and his family traveled from ___________. P. 58
  2. 4. This fruit grew wild on the prairie. The name of this berry comes from the bitter and astringent taste of the fruits, which creates the sensation of making one's mouth pucker. P. 55
  3. 6. Finally, at the end of October, the Hale family was _______ for winter, as _______ as they could ever be. P. 53
  4. 10. The name Sven is Scandinavian, which most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Sven’s Mom made _______ bread. P. 55
  5. 11. The Hale family still had to harvest the ________ and turnips, which grew underground. P. 51
  6. 12. Franny licked one of the ________ left by the Christmas Day storm and got her tongue stuck. P. 61
  7. 16. John’s friends had never been to a big city and wanted to hear about __________, restaurants, and electric lights. P. 59
  8. 17. This word means “move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control” and describes the way John’s friends approached him. P. 54
  9. 19. For a solid week, the Hale family could only leave the soddy to feed the animal and get water. They used a bucket instead of the ________. P. 64
  10. 21. John and Franny left their mittens and _______ behind, convinced that they would not need them. P. 64
  11. 22. Who ever heard of a blizzard in _______? Ma fretted P. 49
  12. 23. A mystery animal left paw prints leading to and from the haystack. It had apparently slept there. The mystery animal was a ______. P. 63
  13. 24. Rex’s entire family almost drown when they were bringing their wagon across the _______ River. P. 58
  14. 25. The Hale family’s pumpkins and squash were still ripening on their _______. P. 51
Down
  1. 1. This word means, “to be vexed or troubled; worried.” P. 49
  2. 3. This word refers to a garment consisting of trousers with a front flap over the chest held up by straps over the shoulders, made of sturdy material and worn especially as working clothes. P. 52
  3. 5. If the Hale family wanted to eat during winter months, they had to fill their cellar with food ______ the first big snow. P. 51
  4. 7. Franny was too young to understand what a ________ it could be to have a snowstorm so early. P. 50
  5. 8. This word describes the cold of the week that the Hale family spent “trapped in a pickle jar.” It refers to “intensely cold, freezing, chilling weather.” P. 64
  6. 9. Building the _______ was a hard job because they had to be built just right, tall, tightly packed and rounded at the top. P. 52
  7. 10. Sven’s family’s journey to Dakota took six months; two of those months on a _______ across the Atlantic. P. 58
  8. 13. When John went outside, the cold seemed to reach into his ________ and freeze his breath. P. 62
  9. 14. John felt that Dakota was a strange land, filled with danger and ________, just as his friends felt about Chicago. P. 60
  10. 15. In Dakota, almost everything the Hale family ate came from the _________: fish from the creek, milk from the cow, and vegetables from the _______. P. 50
  11. 18. Rex’s family came from Texas, and traveled to Dakota before their town, Prairie ________, even had a name. P. 55
  12. 20. When the prairie was covered with ice and snow, the animals disappeared _______. P. 50
  13. 23. When the temperature was minus 20 degrees, the inside of the soddy walls shimmered with white ________. P. 62