Grandma and the Great Gourd, Why the Sky is Far Away, and Cocoliso
Why is Cocoliso rare?
He is a white crocodile.
What is an example of a text feature?
Caption, heading, picture, graph, and map
Why does the Titanic Sink?
It hits an iceberg at night.
Why do the narrator and his grandfather wear their best clothes?
They are going to vote.
What did Jane do when a man broke into Hull House?
Why does grandma get into the gourd?
to hide from the wild animals
What do all deserts have in common?
They are dry.
What happens after the wolves leave their island?
Life is out of balance.
What does the narrator bring with him to vote for the first time?
A picture of his Granddaddy
Frederick Douglass was a famous abolitionist. An abolitionist is a person who-
Fights for equal rights
Why does the sky become angry?
People take more than they need and are wasting the sky pieces.
What is the myth of the Golden Flower about?
How an island was made.
How do the wolves get from their island to the mainland?
They drift across the lake on the river.
When women come to Wangari for help, what does she give them?
Seedlings
What happened that made Jane Addams want to help people?
She saw people begging for spoiled food.
At the beginning of Cocoliso, Alejandro dreamed of being what?
A pilot
Why are people afraid of the Golden Flower?
They hear strange noises coming from inside.
Why does Grace leave Ireland?
To stay with her uncle in the United States.
How does Wangari come to love and respect trees?
She grew up listening to traditional stories.
Which abolitionist was most famous for helping enslaved people escape on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What does Grandma do when she is caught by the fox?
She sings a song to call her dogs for help.
What kind of animal acts as a babysitter for crocodile eggs?
A bird
On the Titanic, people in third- class mostly had what?
Had little money.
Where does Wangari live?
Africa
Milton got the idea to make chocolate from-
the World's Fair in Chicago