James Armistead
Descramble and Define
Combo Questions
Vocabulary 101
Bringing Hope to the Valley
100

Who was the Frenchman who recruited and then freed James Armistead in the selection?

Marquis de Lafayette

100

FULERECH

CHEERFUL = happy and positive

100

Where did Martha and Polly travel to in order to help soldiers survive?

Valley Forge

100

_______ ______ charts were shared between Crossroads students and Miss Laura

FAMILY TREE

100

Does the snow remain throughout the story?

No - it melts AFTER the soldier's lives improve.

200

How might we describe James Armistead's unhappy feelings and suffering when he was returned to enslavement?

He probably felt MISERY
200

SLLRID

DRILLS = an activity or exercise that is done repeatedly in order to learn something 

200

What does VIRTUE mean and what is this an example of: "Virtue is its own reward."

VIRTUE = a term to mean moral goodness in character and behavior 

"virtue is its own reward" is a type of PROVERB.

200

The feeling of being thankful can be said with one word, which is? 

GRATITUDE

200

What Point of View is this story? How can we tell?

3rd person (Outside narrator + They, He, She)

300

Why does the narrator compare her ancestor to James Bond?

James Bond is known for being a famous spy and she is telling us about how she is descendant from a spy too!

300

ALEMOR

Morale: a mental condition related to courage, confidence, enthusiasm, etc. 

300

What does it mean to ADMIRE someone? 

Admiration is the feeling of pride in someone, perhaps a family member or friend who did something amazing. 

300

What's the difference between SLEIGH and CARRIAGE?

Sleigh = used with snow and ice, they carry people with horses BUT use ski shaped wheels.

Carriage = also carries people with horses BUT their wheels are CIRCULAR like cars.

300

What quote from the first page of this story indicates that it is winter and the Valley Forge road is hard to use?

"Past the village, the deep snow was a blanket over the road."

400

True or False: 

James used violence and was not a double agent.

FALSE. 

James is impressive because he DID NOT use violence, and he WAS a double agent.

400

PIHSDRAH

Hardship: something that causes suffering or pain (physical or emotional pain)

400

CONGRESS is ? 

IGNORE means to ? 

Congress = government or officials in charge of a country / meeting of government

Ignore = when you choose to not pay attention to someone else. 

400

What is the difference between ANCESTOR and DESCENDENT? 

Ancestor is a member of the family tree long before you BUT descendent is the word for the person currently alive talking about their ancestor. 

400

Congress is mentioned in Robert Finney's letter, what opinion does he show about how they are helping the soldiers? 

Congress are not helping, they do not seem to care and are ignoring the Valley Forge soldiers.
500

What was the POINT OF VIEW of Journal 1, paragraph 7 of Journal 2 and Journal 3 COMPARED to "a Forgotten Hero"?

1st person, diary style. 


3rd person, Essay style.

500

ALISMTRU

ALTRUISM = the act or belief in helping others without needing something in return. 

500

DLBOUE ANEGT
**bonus points if you can define this word**

DOUBLE AGENT
**A double agent is a spy who works for a country, and is then recruited to be a spy for the enemy, and gives that second country false information.**

500

Miss Laura ____________ to not be scared of spiders.

PRETENDED 

500

What do Polly and Martha do for the soldiers?

**Bonus Points = why is this important?**

Polly helps sew more clothes for the "skeleton soldiers." and Martha builds morale by holding shows and parties for the soldiers. 

**without their help, especially Martha, many more soldiers would have died.**