Plot
What natural disaster separates Faith and Hope from their family?
What is a Black Blizzard, or a severe dust storm?
Who are the two main characters, one in the past and one in the future?
Who are Faith and Zoe?
What is one big idea the story is mostly about?
What is survival?
What does the word orphan mean?
Why is the natural disaster considered a climax?
What is the children losing their parents?
What is the name of Faith's younger sister?
Who is Hope?
Who takes care of the younger kids?
Who is the oldest sibling?
How does the story show the family is important?
What is the kids not giving up on each other?
What word best describes the mood of the story: happy, sad, or scary?
What is sad?
What leads to the climax of the story?
What is the orphaned sisters being forced to flee?
In which state does Faith begin her journey?
What is Oklahoma?
What does the oldest sibling do to show they are responsible?
What is the act protecting the younger kids and finding food?
How does the story show hope even when the kids are poor?
What is them keeping on believing things can get better?
What picture do you see in your head from the authors writing?
What are dusty skies, empty houses, and kids riding trains.
Does Micah help Hope and Faith escape?
What is yes?
What is Zoe's profession?
What is creating art?
What does the oldest sibling show most as a strength in the book?
What is bravery or strength?
What lesson does the story teach about being strong in though times?
What is that even when life seems unfair, you don't have to give up.
How does the author's word choice help you feel what the kids feel?
What is making you imagine their fear, sadness, and some hope?
True or false: Faith and Hope being reunited with their parents is a climax and is the only climax.
What makes Zoe interested in the photograph of Faith?
What is them looking the same or similar?
How does one of the younger kids change as the story goes on?
What is getting braver and helping more?
How does the book describe the dust storm?
What does dust bowl mean in terms of this book?
What is the environmental catastrophe?
What is no?