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                                       Laura Ingalls Wilder
                                  Author - Children's Books
                                         1867 - 1957

1. Compare living conditions during Wilder's time with living conditions today.  How were they
     different?

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2. How was life in the 1800's similar to your life today?

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3. Three words to describe Laura Ingalls Wilder are _____________________________,

______________________________, and _______________________________.

4. Name some ways the Ingalls and the Wilder families earned  a living.

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5. How was Rose Wilder helpful to her parents?

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6. By what three names was Laura Ingalls Wilder's first book called before it was finally published?

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