Vocabulary
"His skin was the color of mahogany". What is the meaning of mahogany?
What is a hard reddish-brown timber used for high-quality furniture.
How did Pinkus get the last name of Aylee?
What is because it was his master's last name.
What are 3 character traits that describe Moe Moe Bay?
The following are acceptable answers:
What is loving, protective, brave
When does the story take place (time period)?
Possible answers:
In the mid 1800s
During the Civil War
"Marauders here?" Pinkus said with alarm. "They've seen there's nothing here for them, child....Nothin!"
What is the meaning of marauders?
What is one who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search of treasure.
Who was fighting in the Civil War and why?
Who was the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The North wanted to end slavery, the South wanted to keep it.
How are Pink and Say alike?
The following are acceptable answers:
What is they are both young "lads", they are both Union soldiers
What was the "sickness" Pink referred to?
Slavery
"Then when they did finally give us muskets, they were from the Mexican-American War. Those muskets jammed and misfired!"
What is a musket?
What is an infantryman's gun with a long barrel
What did Master Aylee teach Pinkus to do?
What is how to read
How are Pink and Say different?
The following are acceptable answers:
Pink was separated from his unit and Say ran away.
Pink knew how to read, Say did not
“I touched Mr. Lincoln’s hand. It were near Washington. We were quartered there just before Bull Run when we had to relocate.” Which definition best fits how quartered in used in the above sentence?
1. To cut into quarters 2. To live 3. To impose upon without permission 4. To Display
Definition 2
He took a pair of spectacles from his pocket and opened the Bible to the Psalm of David and started to read."
What are spectacles?
What is another term for glasses
Were Pink and Say Union or Confederate soldiers?
What is Union. They were both from the North.
Where had Pinkus' father gone?
He went to help fight; he joined the war.
What did Say tell Moe Moe Bay and Pink he was able to do when he was quartered near Washington?
Shake President Lincoln's hand
"We were loaded into a buckboard and taken through town."
What is a buckboard?
What is an open, four-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage with seating that is attached to a plank stretching between the front and rear axles.
What had Sheldon (Say) done that he was ashamed of?
What is he deserted, or ran off, from his unit
At the beginning of the story Pink tells Say that if it were a "belly hit" he'd have to leave him in the field. Why?
Pink knew that he would be unable to save him.
What is historical fiction?
A story that takes place in the past and mixes in fictional elements.