The Border STORY
The Border PERSONAL ESSAY
Battle of Shiloh
Drumbeats
The Drummer
100
The reason why Mora (the author) shunned anything from Mexico when she was a young girl
What is "She wanted to be an American girl"?
100
The reason why "The Border" is considered a personal essay
What is "it reveals the writer's insights, ideas, and opinions"?
100
What makes historical fiction unique
What is "The stories combine factual and fictional details"?
100
The reason why drummer boys would "change a musket for a stick"
What is "many drummer boys were too young to fight, so they enlisted as drummers"?
100
The reason the general needs Joby
What is "to help keep the soldiers motivated"?
200
The discovery Mora and her children make about the joys of speaking Spanish instead of English
What is "Spanish is a channel to another view of the world"?
200
Mora's main purpose in writing this essay
What is "to express what she loves about where she grew up"?
200
Why was the Battle of Shiloh devastating to both sides
What is "There were more than 10,000 casualties on each side"?
200
Drummer boys were versatile fighters on the battlefield (true or false)
What is a false statement about drummer boys?
200
Joby's mood at the beginning and end of the text
What is fearful, and then determined?
300
The reason Mora says she was "uniquely privileged" when she lived on the border
What is "She could see where her grandparents grew up on a daily basis"?
300
The reason it is helpful to make outlines as you read
What is "to see how ideas and details are related"?
300
What the Battle of Shiloh was named after
What is a meetinghouse near the battle?
300
The reason why bugles replaced drums in battle
What is "they were easier to hear over cannon and gun fire"?
300
The "vast wind" that the boy hears
What is the whispers of men?
400
The thing Mora misses the most about living on the border
What is "the honesty that the border reveals"?
400
Details in the text that support the statement "I knew I'd miss the pleasure of moving back and forth between two languages" (for this question only you may use your textbook)
What is "I'm reading more poetry in Spanish"?
400
The purpose of encyclopedia and data bank entries
What is "to provide factual information about the battle"?
400
The reason why Orion Howe was awarded the Medal of Honor
What is "for relaying orders despite his wounds"?
400
What the general means by "There's your cheek, fell right off the tree overhead"
What is "Joby is young because his cheek is as soft as a peach"?
500
What an essay that relies on logic or reason help a reader to do (note: don't overthink this one)
What is "arrive at the truth"?
500
The five main ideas of the text
What is... "I. Friends told the author that she would miss things from home if she moved. II. It’s enriching to know more than one language. III. Though the author once shunned Mexican things, she loves all things Mexican now. IV. For the author, the desert is a metaphor for life. V. There are two sides of the border: rich and poor."
500
The other name for the Battle of Shiloh
What is the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?
500
Name 3 new military tactics developed during the civil war
What are smaller and faster-moving units, trench warfare, and the increased used of bugles?
500
The meaning of the following passage: "Oil Creek was full of boys splashing around in the noonday sun just a few hours ago. I fear it will be full of boys again, just floating, at sundown tomorrow, not caring where the current takes them."
What is "many young boys will die"?
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