Chapter 1
Who is telling the Story? How do you know?
Anna is telling the story, because the narrator uses words like I, me and my.
What did Sarah send Anna with her letter?
A book of sea birds.
What did Sarah bring Caleb?
A moon snail shell.
What are two words Sarah spoke that encouraged Caleb to believe Sarah will stay?
She said winter and later.
"She snored in a high whistle like a tea kettle.." What type of figurative language was used in the exert.
It is a simile.
What did Anna really think of Caleb when he was born?
He was homely, plain, and he had a terrible holler.
What are two reasons Caleb and Anna are worried Sarah may not come?
Sarah loves the Sea too much, and the kids are loud and pesky.
What gift did Sarah bring Caleb?
A sea stone
"Seal was a roamer." What is a roamer?
He wondered over a large area with out a purpose.
"Outside the prairie reached out and touched places where the sky came down." What type of figurative language is used?
Personification
Why did Papa put an advertisement in the newspaper?
A wife
What two adjectives did Sarah use to describe herself?
plain and tall
How would you describe how Caleb felt while he waited for Sarah and Papa to return? What text detail lets you know how he feels?
Caleb felt nervous, because He asked a lot of questions, like "Is my face clean? Can it be too Clean? Will she be nice? Will she like us?"
Compare and Contrast how Papa and Anna acted around Sarah and how Caleb acted arounds Sarah.
Papa and Anna were quiet and shy, while Caleb as talkative and curious, because he was asking a lot of questions.
"...the far off cows moved slowly like turtles." What type of figurative language was used.
A simile
What State was Sarah from?
She was from Maine.
"Tell them I sing was all it said" How did Caleb and Anna feel when they learned Sarah could sing? Why?
They would be happy or pleased, because they missed the songs that their mama and papa used to sing.
What look did Anna see Sarah make? What did Anna think Sarah was feeling?
She was not smiling and she was already lonely.
The effect was Sarah scattered Caleb's hair on the fence and ground. What was the Cause (Why)?
The birds will use the hair for their nests.
What is the problem or Plot of this story?
Papa wanted a wife and Caleb and Anna wanted a mother. They were worried Sarah will miss the sea and not stay.
" I had gone to bed thinking how wretched he looked." What does wretched mean?
It means pitiful or vile.
Where is the setting of the story?
The prairie.
What is one thing Anna wished for?
She wished everything was perfect as the stone. She wished Papa, Caleb and she was perfect for Sarah. She wished they had a sea.
What did Sarah want to touch and what did Caleb wish to touch?
Sarah wanted to touch a sheep and Caleb wanted to touch a seal.
The prairie.