Characters
What is Dana Shannon?
This character arrived in Chapter 12, The Drinking Gourd.
Who is Miz Lizbet?
Dr. Baxi said this was the skeleton's dominant hand.
What is the left hand?
The name of the secret network of freeing slaves during the 1850s.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A person against slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
The full name of the character in 1856 (3 words).
What is James Baylor Weaver?
The place where Dana, Jeep, and Ahn broke into and nearly died.
What is Wolcott Castle?
The age range given to the skeleton in Chapter 3.
What is 18 to 24 years old?
The man who led an attack in Osawatomie against Border Ruffians from Missouri.
Who is John Brown?
The name of the rifles used by people against slavery in Kansas.
What are Sharps Rifles?
The man who worked for Dr. Olney until he was forced into slavery.
Who is Solomon?
The decision James and Pa made after Miz Lizbet's death.
What is building a wall to enclose her body to avoid punishment from Marshal Fain?
The race and hair color of the skeleton.
What is African American and black hair?
The law that required escaped slaves to return to their owners--even if they were found on free soil.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The name of the old house in Lawrence that looks like a castle.
What is Wolcott Castle?
The Border Ruffian who served as Douglas County Marshall and antagonist for the Weaver family.
Who is Marshal Fain?
The battle mentioned in Lawrence between border ruffians and free staters that led to the destruction of the hotel.
What is the Sacking of Lawrence?
The information given about the skeleton's feet.
What is a lot of walking and bone spurs?
The name of the path that Bethany Maxwell and her family embarked on.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The name of the hotel that border ruffians destroyed during the "Sack of Lawrence."
What is the Free State Hotel?
The two first names of the parents in 1856.
Who is Caleb and Millicent?
The process of events leading to Miz Lizbet's husband's death.
What is shot and killed by several slaves under order from Mrs. Charles as revenge?
The facts Dr. Baxi provided about the skeleton's bone structure in Chapter 3.
What is good teeth and/or never given birth?
The name of the 14th President who is best known for the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who is Franklin Pierce?
The name of the disease that most likely killed Miz Lizbet.
What is typhoid fever?