The story
What male name is part of the title of this short story?
Alphonse
How many main characters are there in this short story?
Three
"What does your mother do, Boyd?"
What word is described here?
“condition in which one human being was owned by another.
Slavery
What does this word mean?
Giggle
What meal are the two boys called in for in the beginning of the short story?
Lunch
What does Boyd's father do for a living?
He is a foreman
"My father eats anything he wants to"
Boyd
From where did the USA get their slaves?
Africa
What does this word mean?
Unload
Lasta av
What does Johnny's mother wish to give to Boyd's family
Old clothes
What job does Boyd's sister want?
Teacher
"He’s a little guy, though. Wouldn’t hurt a flea.”
Johnny
If you wanted to make use of convict leasing, who would you pay in order to get workers?
A) The people who did the work
B) Prisons
C) Former slave owners
B) Prisons
What does this word mean?
Restrain
Hålla tillbaka
What dish does Boyd not want to eat?
Stewed tomatoes
What job does Johnny want when he grows up?
Tank driver
“There’s only me and Jean”
Boyd
What war resulted in slavery becoming illegal in the USA?
The Civil War
What does this expression mean?
To be sore
Att blir grinig eller sur
What does Johnny's mother think of Boyd towards the end of the short story
She thinks he is ungrateful
What is Johnny's last name?
Wilson (he is Mrs. Wilson's son)
"Zoom."
Johnny
Name one product that the USA traded for slaves.
What does this expression mean?
To trail off
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