People
Events
Locations
Plot
History
100

This is the love of Jenny.

Who is Shadrach?

100

This is what happens to Matthew Creighton before he is able to go to town and inquire about Guy Wortman.

What is have a heart attack?

100

This is the year and month that the story begins.

What is 1861 in April?

100

These are the years of the Civil War.

What is 1861-1865?

100

This is why the book is called Across Five Aprils.

What are the five Aprils that cover the length of the book and Civil War?

100

This is the name of the person who was blamed for Mary's death.

Who is Travis Burdow?

100

This is how Jenny and Ross traveled to the east coast.

What is by train?

100

This is the state that the Creighton farm is in.

What is Illinois?

100

This is what Jethro carried with him when he went out into the fields to work.

What is a rifle?

100

This is where the Confederates first fired shots.

What is Fort Sumter?

200

This is the man who helped keep Jethro safe on his way back home.

Who is Dave Burdow?

200

This is how Eb got Jethro's attention from the woods.

What is he made turkey sounds?

200

This is where Jethro's dead siblings are buried.

What is Walnut Hill?

200

This nephew of Ellen visits and debates the southerners views of the war.

Who is Wilse Graham?

200

This is the place where Abraham Lincoln gave a short but famous speech.

What is Gettysburg?

200

This is the man who is heading up a gang to hassle the Creighton family.

Who is Guy Wortman? 

200

This is what Ellen was dependent on led to headaches without it.

What is coffee?

200

This is where Tom says that many of his soldier friends died and why.

What is Donelson because many of them froze to death when they carelessly threw away their coats and blankets? 

200

This is who Jethro was to contact if he saw Ebenezer Carron.

What is contact the Federal Registrars in Chicago to report it? (pg. 146)

200

This is the river that Shad told Jethro the North would try to gain control of.

What is the Mississippi?

300

This is the man who stopped Jethro on his trip to request a newspaper.

Who is Jake Roscoe?

300

This is why the well water was not being used at the Creighton farm.

What is because vandals put "coal oil" down it so it was not drinkable?

300

This is where Jethro marks Jenny's marriage record.

What is the family Bible?

300

This battle brought the war close to home for Jasper County.

What is Wilson's Creek?

300

This was the deadliest one day battle.

What is Antietam?

300

This is the newspaper man who befriends Jethro.

Who is Ross Milton?

300

This is how Sam Gardiner got even with Guy Wortman for his treatment of the Creightons.

What is he tricked him by acting like he was leaving town and then returning to hide in his shop until Guy tried to break in and steal stuff, so Sam shot him in the backside?  

300

This is the town that Jethro journeys to.

What is Newton?

300
He was killed by deserters for dodging the draft.

Who is Hig Phillips?

300

President of the Union during the Civil War and President of the Confederacy.

Who is Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis?

400

This is the cousin of Jethro who deserts the army.

Who is Ebenezer Carron?

400

This is what Abe Lincoln is losing sleep over.

What is the situation with the deserters who want to return to their regiment?

400

Location where Tom was killed.

Where is Pittsburg Landing?

400

This makes Matt Creighton change his mind about Jenny marrying Shad.

What is Shad being seriously wounded and Ross Milton willing to take Jenny to Washington?

400

These were the two top generals in the war. (one from each side)

What is Ulysses S. Grant, general of the Union, and Robert E. Lee of the Confederate army?

400

He was in the Reb prison that John was in charge of.

Who is Bill?

400

This is the gift that Sherman presented to the President on Christmas day.

What is capturing Savannah? 

400

This is the city in Georgia that Sherman burned down.

What is Atlanta?

400

This was Bill's message to his ma through John's letter.

What is that he was not at Pittsburgh Landing? 

400

This is the conversation with Ross Milton on pg. 199 that troubles Jethro even though he doesn't fully understand it.

What is the fact that even though the war will come to an end, peace may not come? 

500

Writes a letter to the Creighton family about Shad's injuries.

Who is Shad's aunt (Victoria)?

500

Jethro and the nation mourned this.

What is the assassination and death of Lincoln?

500

This is where Shad found Jethro reminiscing about the family.

Where is Walnut Hill?

500

This is the decision Lincoln shared with Jethro about the deserters.

 What is being allowed to return to their officers by April 1st without extra punishment?

500

This is where they signed a surrender treaty to end the Civil War.

Where is Appomattox Court House in Virginia?
500

This brother died in the war.

Who is Tom?

500

This is what all the male neighbors were doing at Matthew Creighton's home.

What is to help build a barn and take shifts in the field planting.

500

This is the place where deserting soldiers were camping.

What is Point Prospect?

500

The vote from this specific group reelected Lincoln in 1864.

Who are the soldiers?

500

This is the place where more men died in battle than 2 of the other combined.

What is the Battle of Gettysburg?