Characters
This boy runs away from his family farm in hopes of going away West.
Who is Everett?
Everett runs away from his home working on this type of place in the South.
What is a farm?
Everett hides among cotton and sugar while traveling on this type of boat.
What is a cargo boat?
The name for the hero of the story (main character).
What is protagonist?
Everett learns that people should treat each other with this.
What is respect?
Everett's older brother who works hard on the farm, and wants Everett to do the same.
Who is Gus?
Everett treasures this object that his father earned while fighting in the Civil War.
What is a medal?
What Billy called himself for being able to take care of Shadow.
What is a horse whisperer?
Everett learns that this skill his father wanted him to learn is important.
What is reading and writing?
The name of the horse that Everett learns to train and takes West with him.
Who is Shadow?
Everett travels on a cargo boat to this big city where he learns to work with horses.
What is St. Louis?
What Everett teaches Billy in exchange for training horses.
What is how to read and write?
Where all of the horses were kept, that Billy and Everett worked in.
What is a stable?
What is brave?
The character who teaches Everett how to be a "horse whisperer".
Who is Billy Breeze?
The story takes place in this time period.
What is the 1970's?
The reason that Everett could read and write but Billy could not.
What is Billy was a slave?
The name of the war that the boys' father fought in.
What is the Civil War?
Everett is traveling West to create more what?
What are opportunities?
The name of Hattie's father, who helps Everett and Gus find a job in St. Louis.
Who is Reverend Johnson?
Everett hopes to travel to this town in Kansas to fight in the army.
What is Nicodemus?
The job that Gus ended up having in St. Louis.
What is a preacher?
The name for the group of people moving West in hopes for a better life after the Civil War.
Who are Exodusters?
The main theme of the story.
What is follow your dreams?