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100
Which war had recently ended in the story Sounder?
What is the Civil War
100
What do we call it when the slaves stayed on the landowners land to work after slavery ended?
What is "sharecropping"
100
When does the book "Sounder" take place? 1990's, late 1800's, 1950's
What is the late 1800's
200
Which country fought in the Civil War?
What is America
200
Which of the following was NOT true about sharecropping? good pay, had a job, lived on the land
What is good pay. Wages were very minimal.
200
What is the boy's name in the story?
What is the author doesn't give him a name
300
Besides the North, what was the other side that fought during the Civil War?
What is the South
300
How would you describe the houses the freed slaves lived in on the landowner's farms?
What is not good, "shack-like".
300
Who is the only character to be given a name in the book?
What is the dog, "Sounder".
400
Which man was President during the Civil War?
What is Abraham Lincoln
400
What did Sounder's author, William H. Armstrong consider his number one job?
What is being a teacher
400
What kind of books did William H. Armstrong first write about? gardening, study skills, art
What is study skills
500
Who was freed during the Civil War?
What is slaves
500
Which of the following is NOT an underlining theme or part of the story "Sounder"? a love of nature, the Bible, hard work, transportation
What is transportation
500
True or False: After the Civil War freed slaves worked long, hard hours on the white man's land.
What is True. They worked almost all day doing hard labor for the white landowner.