Story Questions
Characters
Figurative Language Practice
Historical Fiction
Random Selection
100

The tribe Pop and Cal belong to

What is Creek 

100

The main character's full name

Who is Cal Black

100

"The stormy ocean was a raging bull."

What is a metaphor

100

The historical event that caused Pop to have a limp when he walked.

World War I

100

The point of view shown in the novel

What is First person

200

Where Pop is going to fight for equal rights and pay

What is Washington DC

200

The person Pop and Cal help who had items stolen

Who is Miss Euler 

200

"An uncomfortable silence, thick and heavy as a wool horse blanket..." p. 49

What is a smilie

200
The event that caused Pop and Cal to lose their farm and become hoboes.

The Great Depression

200

The name of the horse Cal rides to run away from Challagi

Who is Dakota

300

This happens at the infirmary on Cal's first day

He gets his hair cut and vaccinations

300

Who is Morell? 

The Superintendent at the boarding school

300

I walked a million miles to get here 

What is a hyperbole

300

The name of the report that was published in 1928 and exposed how mistreated students were at indian boarding schools.

What is the Meriam Report

300

Who is Joseph Bruchac

Who is the author 

400

What would happen to the boys who spoke Indian at the boarding schools

They would be punished by having their mouths washed out with soup

400

Charles Aird's moniker 

Who is Possum

400

"Those questions and a dozen more are elbowing one another inside my head." p. 103

What is personification

400

The name of the President that people blamed for their homelessness during the time period of "Two Roads"

Who is Herbert Hoover

400

Break up these three words, for full points, all have to be correct

Uncomfortable 

Disagree

Scared

Un-Prefix, Comfort- Root, Able-Suffix

Dis-Prefix, Agree-Root

Scare-Root D-Suffix

500

The name of the book Possum borrows from Cal

What is the Call of the Wild

500

The name of the war veteran Pop and Cal help.

Who is Esom Dart

500

"BLAM!" p. 97

What is onomatopoeia  

500

The famous indian football player that Cal is compared to when he runs fast in the book.  

Who is Jim Thorpe

500

The name of the author who wrote "The Cutting of my Long Hair" and "The Land of Red Apples"

Who is Zitkala Sa