Pioneer Tales

Using the stories contained on the Pioneer Tales page as a guide, see how many of the following questions you can answer. After your answers have been marked, use the chart at the bottom to see how successful a pioneer you would have made.

Remember, the best pioneers were able to use the few tools they had well.

1. In 1830, a number of settlers came to Willoughby from which country?

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2. What resource did many of the early settlers take to the village to sell? How much money did they receive for it?

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3. What crops were grown in Willoughby in Michael D. Gonder's time?

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4. Where did the Gonder family live before they came to Canada?

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5. How did the Ball family help their neighbours?

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6. In what month did most of the farmers begin shearing their sheep?

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7. What did the settlers make with sheep's wool?

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Now, check your score...

If you got:

0 or 1 answers correct -- Maybe you'd better stay a city-slicker.
2 or 3 answers correct -- You would have survived -- with help from your neighbours.
4, 5 or 6 answers correct -- You would have made a hardy pioneer.
All 7 answers correct -- You'd make a super settler and a leader in your pioneer community!

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