Just the Facts
Chapter 6 & 7
Chapters 8 & 9
Chapters 10, 11 & 12
Misc.
100
Where does our novel take place?
Monticello
100
Who has a baby at the end of Chapter 6?
Miss Martha
100
Momma has lived in the United States and what other country?
France
100
What job does Beverly begin in Chapter 10?
Carpenter
100
At what age will Beverly and his siblings become free?
21
200
What is the name of Beverly's Mom?
Sally Hemmings
200
Who ran away at the end of Chapter 6?
Joe Fossett
200
In Chapter 10 Beverly's baby brother is born, what is his name?
Thomas Eston
200
Who is the author of our novel?
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
300
What year does the novel begin?
1805
300
What word does Master Jefferson teach Beverly in Chapter 6? It means peacefulness.
Tranquility
300
Who burned Joe Fossett in Chapter 9?
William Stewart
300
What happens in Chapter 12 that ends the tranquility in the Great House?
Miss Martha comes to live at the Great House.
300
Define central idea.
What a novel or story is mostly about. Can be summarized in one sentence.
400
What is the name of Master Jefferson's daughter?
Miss Martha
400
Explain why Joe Fossett ran away.
He needed to resolve the problems between he and Miss Edith.
400
Explain how a person is considered legally white.
Any person who has 7 out of 8 great-grandparents who are white is considered legally white.
400
What year and what season does Master Jefferson return to the Great House for good?
Summer 1809
400
Who is the sea captain story about?
Beverly's great-grandma
500
What is a theme?
Moral or message of the story. What the story teaches us.
500
Explain why Joe Fossett was not whipped for running away.
He was not running away from Master Jefferson he was going to fix problems between him and Edith. Mama also warned Master Jefferson that he had left.
500
The first 1/3 of the book is written from Beverly's Perspective, whose perspective is the next section of the book written from?
Maddy
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