One of a number of thin strips of wood woven together to make a chair seat or basket.
100
How long does it take for the moon to move half way around the Earth?
Two weeks
100
What is one of the trees that they use to make baskets from in the story?
Black ash, Whit Oak, Maple, or Hickory
100
Who said, "When you're old enough."?
The boys father
200
What is the name of the city where the father sells his handmade baskets?
Hudson
200
What does the word "whittle" mean?
To cut, trim, or shape (a stick or piece of wood) by carving off bits with a knife.
200
We call the changes we see in the moon the _______ of the moon.
Phases
200
What is the first step to make baskets?
Cut down the trees and saw them into logs.
200
Who said, "He told Big Joe and Mr. Cooens I was a watcher."?
The young boy
300
When does the young boys father take the baskets to the city?
When there is a full moon.
300
What does the word "musty" mean?
Having an odor or flavor suggestive of mold, as old buildings, long-closed rooms, or stale food.
300
Can we see the moon at New Moon?
No
300
The weaving of the baskets is done with what part of the logs?
Splint ribbons
300
Who said, "Ears that listen are ears that hear."?
Big Joe
400
Why did the boy say he would never go back to Hudson again?
Because a few men from Hudson had insulted him and his father for being basket weavers. The men called them hillbilly bushwhackers and he did not like that.
400
What does the word "hillbilly" mean?
A person from a backwoods or other remote area, especially from the mountains of the southern U.S.
400
When do we see a full moon?
When the moon and sun are at opposite ends of the Earth.
400
How would Pa start a basket bottom?
He would lay the splint in a great round sun.
400
Who said, "A tisket, a tasket, hillbilly basket! That's all a bushwhacker knows."?
A man from Hudson
500
Why did the young boy change his mind and decide that he did want to be a basket weaver?
He wanted to be like Big Joe and Mr. Cooens and his Pa. He wanted the wind to choose him and it did.
500
What is a "bushwhacker"?
A person who makes their way through woods by cutting at undergrowth or branches.
500
When we see half of the moon, what do we call that?
The first quarter
500
What are the two words you need to remember when you start weaving?
Under, Over
500
Who said, "The trees know what we know. Doesn't much matter if some folk in Hudson don't."?