Vocabulary
a container of ink
ink well
What did Colin run to buy as soon as he was back home in Shimersville?
Shoes
Father was going to deliver iron pigs to someone. Who?
Mr. Knecht
Products of melting ore with coke; looks like a litter of pigs drinking milk from a sow
iron pigs
A stove with a rounded body
potbelly stove
A person who is in charge of a group of workers
Why does Finn decide to go to Franklin School?
He wants to sit with Jennie on the wagon ride to school.
Who did Finn ride with on the Switchback Railroad?
John Gorman
burned wood used in furnaces to melt ore
charcoal
a boy whose job it is to separate coal from slate in the coal mines
breaker boy
lacking respect; rude
disrespectful
Name one way Finn's school is similar to yours.
Who did Finn run to see as soon as he was home in Shimersville?
Mother and little Rose
a coal mine and the buildings connected with it
colliery
switch
a building where metal is cast and poured into molds
casting house
Name one way Finn's school is different from yours.
Sample answers: they use inkwells and slate boards, all of the classes take place in one room, the teacher taps them with a switch if they are off-task, etc.
What was Finn's teacher's name at Franklin School?
Mr. Nimsch
gray or dark
dreary
culm
to look similar to
resemblance
What does Mauch Chunk mean?
Bear Mountain
What was the name of the boy Finn met in the casting house where the iron pigs were being made?
Danny
somewhat nauseated or sick to your stomach
queasiness
very disagreeable or offensive
obnoxious