vocabulary
The nurse came to help John's father.
The word nurse means:
a. a teacher
b. a person who helps take care of the sick
b. a person who helps take care of the sick
Who had an accident in the story?
a. John's father
b. Mary
a. John's father
Who are the characters in the story?
a. Mary, John, and Biddy
b. Mary, Henry, and Patches
a. Mary, John, and Biddy
What happened to John's father?
a. he had an accident
b. he got lost in the mountains
a. he had an accident
they
they
The doctor checked the broken leg.
The word doctor means:
a. a teacher
b. a person who treats sick people
b. a person who treats sick people
Who used a willow bark and easing powder to treat the broken leg?
a. Mary
b. Biddy
b. Biddy
Where did the story happen?
a. in Kentucky
b. in Virginia
a. in Kentucky
What did John's family do to help John's father?
a. they called an ambulance
b. they sent for Biddy and a horse doctor
b. they sent for Biddy and a horse doctor
them
them
The medicine is bitter.
medicine means:
a. something you take if you are sick
b. vitamins
a. something you take if you are sick
Who did they call when Biddy's medicine did not work?
a. a midwife
b. a horse doctor
b. a horse doctor
When did the story happen?
a. 10 year ago
b. 100 years ago
b. 100 years ago
Where did they bring John's father for treatment?
a. the hospital
b. the school
a. the hospital
then
then
They took him to the hospital to have his broken leg treated.
hospital means:
a. a place where the sick and injured are treated
b. a place where we buy things we need
a. a place where the sick and injured are treated
Who came to the mountains to help John's father?
a. the doctor
b. Nurse Mary
b. Nurse Mary
Who is the main character in the story?
a. Nurse Mary
b. Biddy
a. Nurse Mary
What did the nurses teach John while he was at the hospital?
a. they taught him how to treat broken bones
b. they taught him how to read, write, and count
b. they taught him how to read, write, and count
these
these
The woman was 100 years old.
a. male
b. female
b. female
Who taught John how to read, write, and count?
a. the nurses
b. Biddy
a. the nurses
Where in Kentucky did the story happen?
a. in a big city
b. in the mountains
b. in the mountains
What did Mary build in the mountains?
a. a school
b. a hospital
b. a hospital
those
those