"BERGOM OP ZOOM!"
WHO IS TRUDY?
PLACE WHERE DUTCHMEN COME FROM
WHERE IS HOLLAND (THE NETHERLANDS)?
SPUN OR WOVEN AT HOME
WHAT IS HOMESPUN?
EDWARD, TRUDY, TEUNIS, AND GERTRUDE
WHO ARE THE VAN ALSTYNES?
1756, NEW YORK COLONY
WHAT IS THE SETTING?
"IT'S A NONSENSICAL OLD-FASHIONED KIND OF A GUN, ISN'T IT?"
WHO IS TEUNIS (EDWARD'S FATHER)?
COLONY THE VAN ALSTYNE FAMILY RESIDE
WHAT IS NEW YORK?
ARRANGED OR DONE IN A REGULAR ORDER, SYTEMATIC
WHAT IS METHODICAL?
VAN AERNEM, MYNDERSE, CAPTAIN VAN ALSTYNE
WHO ARE THE MILITIA?
EDWARD AND HIS FAMILY
WHAT ARE CHARACTERS?
"ATEROORD!"
WHO IS MOTHER (GERTRUDE)?
THE CITY STANTES OF GERMANY NEAR THE RHINE RIVER
WHAT IS THE PALATINATE (PALATINE REGION)?
IRONS FOR PRESSING CLOTHES
WHAT ARE FLATIRONS
MUSKET, CULVERINS, AND MATCHLOCKS
WHAT ARE GUNS?
THE WAR OF THE TIME
WHAT IS THE FRENCH INDIAN WAR?
"GREAT-GRANDFATHER DYGERT BROUGHT IT FROM BERGOM OP ZOOM TOT HE WILD AMERICA"
WHO IS EDWARD?
RULING COUNTRY OF NEW YORK COLONY
WHAT IS ENGLAND (BRITAIN)?
WEAK, INNEFFECTIVE, UNSATISFACTORY
WHAT IS LAME?
HUDSON VALLEY, ALBANY, GUILDERLAND
WHAT ARE PLACES IN NEW YORK COLONY?
GENRE OF BOOK
"YOU'VE KILLED MORE THAN ALL THE REST OF US PUT TOGETHER!"
WHO IS MYNDERSE?
FRENCH LAND IN NORTH AMERICA
WHAT IS NEW FRANCE?
AABSURD, FOOLISH
WHAT IS NONSENSICAL?
"TEUNIS!", "SYLVANUS!","ATEROOD1"
AWARD THE MATCHLOCK GUN RECEIVED
WHAT IS THE NEWBERY AWARD?