Who is the main character, 13 year old girl, slave of Lockton's, Ruth's sister, spy for Patriots
100
Lockon's arrest
-Isabel told Curzon about their plan to win over Patriots with money and land (money in trunk)
-soliders came to Lockton's house, said they needed material for bullets
-were really looking for money in the trunk, but could not find it
-arrested Lockton for suspicion of treason
100
Slavery
What is owners who had servants. Slaves were treated unkind and unfair.
Isabel is a slave to the Lockton's.
100
Main Character
Who is Wesley Harris
100
Setting
What is New York City, 1776
200
Master Lockton
Who is Isabel's owner, Loyalist, flees after the Patriots find out about his plan
200
Thomas Hickey
-1 of men in Washington's Army
-was hung because he was actually a Loyalist
-who town was at hanging
200
Family
Isabel experienced the sale of her father and Ruth, the death of her mother, so she knows the pain of losing loved ones.
Family's influence does not disappear with their physical bodies. Her family continues to encourage her to survive even though they're no longer present.
200
What was the warning Wesley and his friends had?
That the people in the town had a "bad character towards colored people, especially those escaping freedom"
200
Meaning of Title
What is Chains represents slavery, also represents the colonies being "chained" to England
300
Colonel Regan
Who is the leader of the Patriot Army, said he'd help Isabel, but ends up abandoning her
300
Ruth's 2 seizures
1st - in kitchen
-Mrs. Lockton thinks she is possessed, wants her gone
-Mr. Lockton says she can stay
2nd - during Hanging of Thomas Hickey
-Mrs. Lockton notices
300
Identity
Even though Isabel is a slave, this story is about how Isabel learns who she is. She shows her bravery and independence through different events of the story.
300
Summarize what the farmer did to the men.
-offered them food and shelter
-gave them food that had sleeping poison in it
-brought men to barn, pretended not to know slaves were in there
-men beat and shot at slaves
300
Narrator/Point of View
Who is Isabel / 1st person
400
Becky Berry
Who is the main servant in Lockton's house, does the kitchen work
400
Selling of Ruth
-Mrs. Lockton offered milk and sweets to Ruth and Isabel
-drugged them
-sold Ruth while Isabel was sleeping
400
Suffering
Isabel suffers by being enslaved, branded, beaten, separated from her father, watches her mother die, and Ruth is sold while she's sleeping.
400
What is the passage mostly about?
one man trying to escape from slavery
400
Why are there short exerpts at the beginning of the chapters?
They relate to the events of that chapter. They foreshadow what will happen.
500
Grandfather
Who is the old slave that worked the water pump
500
To what country was Ruth sold?
West Indies
500
Make up your own theme and explain how it is a theme of the story.
(Ms. Calvin judge)
500
Compare to Chains
-Isabel and Wesley are both trying to escape slavery
-both get beat up/nearly die
-both survive suffering
500
What is the password to get into Colonel Regan's army?