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Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story Pt. II
Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story Pt. II
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1
What has Clem decided to do?
Stay on the plantation to care for Master Gideon
Leave in the winter, go North, and join the Union army
He wants to marry Thea
Run away to find Marietta and get married
2
Who discovered that Rosco could read one day at the stables?
Kit
Lowell
Clem
Summer
3
What does Lowell want Rosco to teach him to do?
Ride horses
Read
Make dolls
Sing
4
What happened to Walnut?
Summer lost her
Mama threw her into the fire
Rosco threw her into the fire
5
How did Summer knowing letters come in handy when she and Kit were preparing the Master's tray?
She could read the master's lunch order
She could tell which container held the master's medicine
she could read from a recipe that they were cooking
she read the bible to her mama
6
Who was it that Summer held close and told all her secrets to?
Her Clarkston Reader
Walnut, a doll that Rosco made her
Acorn, a doll that Rosco made her
A porcelain doll
7
When Summer was in the parlor, she saw her name on something. What was it?
A book
A quilt
A gift
Missy Claire's sampler
8
Rosco is hesitant to run away and puts his faith in....?
the Proclamation Emancipation
The Union Army
Thomas Farnsworth
the Emancipation Proclamation
9
After Gideon's stroke, why did the slaves continue to work on the plantation without direction?
Rance Smalley forced them to work
Gideon threatened to sell them if they didn't work
It was all that they knew
10
Who is Summer and Rosco's father?
Doc Bates
Master Gideon Parnell
Rance Smalley
Clem
11
What was Clem's plan to escape North?
to hitch a ride (Doc Bates) and follow the freedom trail
To run away
To disguise himself as the doctor and sneak away
12
Who on the plantation took care of Gideon?
Missy Claire
Kit
Rosco
Miss McCracken
13
What was an abolitionist?
A slave owner
someone who did support slavery
someone who did not support slavery
a member of the confederate army
14
Why did Summer and Rosco decide to conduct a reading lesson in Missy Claire's parlor?
So Summer could read the rest of Missy Claire's sampler
So that Rosco could return the book he had stolen
So they could read the newspaper on Gideon's desk
To watch Lowell have a reading lesson
15
Why did Clem wake up Rosco in the middle of the night?
To watch a candlelight vigil for three fallen soldiers
To teach him to read
To run away
16
Why did Kit decide to never learn to read?
It was too hard
The threat of being sold and having to keep another secret
There was no one to teach her
17
What is Thomas Farnsworth's reputation?
Very kind and compassionate to all people
From the deep south and meaner than the devil himself
An abolitionist and against the institution of slavery
He has no reputation
18
Without a reading book, how was Summer able to continue her learning of letters with Rosco?
Rosco drew letters in the dirt with a stick
Summer practiced writing the letters on notebook paper
Rosco swiped another book from Master Gideon's library
19
What was the "freedom trail"?
A path that many slaves followed to escape to the north
Also known as the Underground Railroad
a path that many slaves followed to escape to the south
20
Who now is responsible for taking care of the master's horse, Marlon?
Lowell
Summer
Clem
Rosco
21
What special treatment did Missy Claire finally let Kit use on Lowell?
Cayenne Liniment
Cayenne Lemons
Tea tree oil
Cayenne Linens
22
What did Ms. McCracken convince Lowell to do during one of their lessons?
Write a letter to his father
Teach Rosco to read
Recite a poem to his mother
Recite a poem to his father
23
Where did Kit spend her Sunday evenings?
In her sabbath place, in the quarters
teaching Summer how to read
Cooking in the kitchen
24
How did Missy Claire spend her time once Gideon became ill?
She spent her time taking care of Gideon
She busied herself by cleaning the main house
She sat in the parlor and stitched a sampler
25
Who was Missy Claire calling in to run the plantation?
Her uncle - Thomas Farnsworth
Her brother - Thomas Farnsworth
Doc Bates
Rance Smalley