Show:
Characters
Setting
Obstacles
Life in the 1920s
Miscellaneous
100
14 year old girl who wants to be a teacher
Who is Ida Bidson?
100
Run down, with a rusty car and a paint-chipped barn.
What is the Bixlers' farm?
100
Had to be passed to get into high school
What is the eighth grade exam?
100
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
100
Gave Tom and Mary rides to school, scared of thunderstorms
Who is Ruckus?
200
Ida's youngest brother, is two years old
Who is Shelby?
200
Year that the novel takes place
What is 1926?
200
The reason Miss Fletcher left: her mother had a stroke
Why did Miss Fletcher leave?
200
Major form of entertainment during the 20s, families would listen to broadcasts together
What is the radio?
200
Tom wanted to be this when he grew up
What is an electrical specialist?
300
School board head, owns grocery/supply store
Who is Mr. Jordan?
300
State in which the novel takes place
What is Colorado?
300
Told his father about the secret school, father told the school board
Who is Herbert?
300
Where most people lived during the 1920s
What are the cities?
300
Must have a place to stay
What is the condition for Ida going to high school?
400
School inspector, gives exams to graduating students
Who is Miss Sedgewick?
400
One room with long benches for seats, a closet of the boys and for the girls
What is the schoolhouse?
400
Mr. Jordan planned to have in secret, Ida and Tom found out and printed up flyers
What is a school board meeting?
400
Grade that most people were in school until
What is eighth grade?
400
Used hairpins, wore blue gingham dress
What is Miss Bidson's appearance?
500
Rarely attends school, was almost voted out of class
Who is Herbert Bixler?
500
Where Ida, Felix, and their family lived
What is the Bidsons' farm?
500
How the students decided to keep the school open
What is a vote?
500
Really cool, impressive female
What is an airtight girl?
500
Type of car Ida and Felix drove, had to crank the engine
What is Model T Ford?