Vocabulary
What does the word inquisitive mean?
a. curious
b. enormous
c. inexpensive
a. curious
What is the main setting of the story?
a. elementary school
b. city council meeting
c. Grandma J's house
c. Grandma J's house
What does the word precise mean?
a. approximate
b. exact
c. neutral
b. exact
What is the main problem in the story?
a. A window was broken while the kids were playing baseball.
b. The city council wants to tear down Grandma J's house in order to build a playground.
c. Grandma J wants to move but she can't find the bet place to move to.
b. The city council wants to tear down Grandma J's house in order to build a playground.
True or False
The underground railroad would help find a job for those slaves seeking freedom
True
The underground railroad provided food, shelter, clean clothing, and sometimes even help finding jobs for those seeking freedom.
What does the word astounded mean?
a. amazed
b. puzzled
c. worrisome
a. amazed
What did the boys fine when looking for a baseball?
a. A cellar
b. A hidden room
c. A hidden bookcase
b. A hidden room
Which word has the opposite meaning of the the word concealed?
a. hidden
b. terrifying
c. visible
c. visible
Why ws Grandma J's house considered a historic monument?
a. It played a major role in the Civil War.
b. It was thought to be a stop on the Underground Railroad.
c. It was over a hundred years old.
b. It was thought to be a stop on the Underground Railroad.
What were people called that helped the slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
a. stationmasters
b. conductors
c. depots
b. conductors
Those who helped guide them on their path were called “conductors" like those that conduct a train.
What does this define? "to explain the meaning of something" or "translate between speakers of different languages".
a. astounded
b. reconsider
c. interpret
c. interpret
What message does the author want to give the reader?
a. Money is not everything.
b. Appearances are deceptive (appearing differently)
c. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
b. Appearances are deceptive (appearing differently)
What does reconsider mean?
a. to think about again
b. to talk about with others
c. to want to do something
a. to think about again
What made Grandma J the most sad?
a. A park was taking the place of her house
b. She had lived in her house all her life.
c. The City Council was picking on her.
b. She had lived in her house all her life.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?
a. Gave slaveholders the right to recapture freedom seekers-aka escaped slaves.
b. Gave enslaved people the right to make their slave masters a fugitive.
a. Gave slaveholders the right to recapture freedom seekers-aka escaped slaves.
Which word has almost the same meaning as the word perplexed?
a. assumed
b. confused
c. shared
b. confused
What did Patricia Cole say to make Grandma J feel better?
a. Her house was at a great location.
b. Her family would be moved into a nicer home.
c. She would be given a lot of money for her house.
c. She would be given a lot of money for her house.
What does the word suspicious mean?
a. believing that something is wrong or not right.
b. worrying that you have made a mistake or error
c. doubting you will win or be successful
a. believing that something is wrong or not right.
How did the children find the concealed room?
a. The ball could not be found in basement.
b. They discovered a large shelf could be moved to the side.
c. Many baseballs were found by the cellar door.
b. They discovered a large shelf could be moved to the side.
What was Harriet Tubman not known for?
a. A cook and nurse during Civil War
b. Worked as a spy to map the region
c. Freeing 700 enslaved people
d. all of the above
She also took an active part in the Civil War as a cook and a nurse at refugee camps in the South, where she aided enslaved people who had escaped. Eventually, she worked as a spy to map the region, and even led 150 soldiers in their raid of the Combahee Ferry in June 1863, freeing 700 enslaved people.
d. all of the above
She also took an active part in the Civil War as a cook and a nurse at refugee camps in the South, where she aided enslaved people who had escaped. Eventually, she worked as a spy to map the region, and even led 150 soldiers in their raid of the Combahee Ferry in June 1863, freeing 700 enslaved people.
What word fits best into this sentence?
The dark clouds in the sky were ___________.
a. precise
b. concealed
c. suspicious
c. suspicious
Which are proper nouns in this sentence?
The Truedson family is going to Mobile, Alabama for spring break.
a. Truedson, is, Mobile
b. Alabama, Truedson, spring
c. Truedson, Alabama, Mobile
c. Truedson, Alabama, Mobile
What word fits best into this sentence?
The small child was ____________ about the new puppy. (2 answers posible)
a. reconsider
b. perplexed
c. inquisitive
b. perplexed
c. inquisitive
Who is responsible for labeling Grandma J's a historic monument
a. Celia Andrews
b. Daniel Cruz
c. Cedric Brown
c. Cedric Brown
Who was considered the father of the Underground Railroad?
a. Fredrick Douglass
b. Harriet Tubman
c. William Still
c. William Still
Still is said to have helped at least 60 people escape, each of whom he interviewed about their family and the struggles they faced during their escape. His detailed questions helped him realize that one of his interviewees was actually his elder brother, Peter, who had been re-sold after their mother’s escape from slavery (Still had been born after her escape). Peter was reunited with his mother after 42 years.