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Vocabulary
Comprehension
Nouns
Prefixes / Suffixes
Short Answer
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What does the word hastened mean?
What is... hurried
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Why had William and Ellen been saving their money?
What is ... to buy train tickets to escape slavery and go north
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What are the two types of nouns?
What is ... concrete and abstract
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What prefix means not?
What is ... un-
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Why are the other passengers so interested in what is happening to William and Ellen?
What is ... because they are holding up the train AND because they feel sympathy for "Mr. Johnson" because he looks so ill.
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"Mr. Johnson" shuddered when he heard that he would have to prove that William was his slave. In this sentence, what does the word shuddered mean?
What is ... shook with horror
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What happens in the story after the bell rings?
What is ... the passengers focus their attention on the officer, William, and Ellen.
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Nouns are classified in these 4 categories...
What is a person, place, thing, or idea.
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What suffix means "state or quality of"?
What is -ness
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What conclusions can you draw based on how the CONDUCTOR treats "Mr. Johnson"?
What is ... the conductor was against slavery, which is why he was picking on Mr. Johnson and his concern for finding his slave.
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Ellen called to her companion when she thought he was lost. In this sentence the word companion refers to what?
What is ... someone traveling with another person.
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Why does Ellen board a ferry?
What is ... to cross a river
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The words friendship, hope, love, and laughter are all what types of noun?
What is ... abstract nouns
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What prefix means "again"?
What is ... re-
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Why do the other men give William so much advice about how to escape from his master?
What is ... because some of them had already escaped and they saw how old his master was and since he was already in the north it would be easy to escape.
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William concealed his fear during their risky adventure. The word concealed in this sentence means what?
What is ... hidden
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Why does Ellen cry when she leaves the final train station?
What is ... She was happy that they were finally safe.
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The word desk, chair, kitchen, and monkey are all what types of nouns?
What is ... concrete nouns?
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What prefix means "the opposite of"?
What is dis-
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Why does Ellen not have any money?
What is ... she had given it to William because they heard there were pickpockets in Philadelphia and they figured that no one would try to pickpocket a slave because they don't normally carry any money
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The first class passengers were taken off the train and boarded a ferry to cross the river so they did not have to feel the jolting of the train cars boarding the ferry. The word jolting, in this sentence means what?
What is ... jarring or shaking
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Choose the OPINION: 1. They heard there were pickpockets in Philadelphia. 2. A free black man recommended a boardinghouse. 3. The officer seemed agitated. 4. Ellen is dressed as a man.
What is ... number 3, The officer seemed agitated. This is because we do not know how the officer was feeling. This is based on what we have observed and prior knowledge, therefore it is an opinion.
500
A noun should be capitalized if it refers to what type of person, place, or thing?
What is ... a specific person place or thing. Example: teacher - Ms. Peters / student - Joe Smith
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What prefix means "in the middle of"?
What is ... mid-
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Where do William and Ellen go after they get off of the train in Philadelphia?
What is ... to the boardinghouse in Philadelphia recommended to William by one of the other passengers.