Caddie Woodlawn

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Caddie Woodlawn

by Carol Ryrie Brink
1936 Newbery Medal Winner
A Teaching Guide
with
Objective Tests and Answer Keys
by Margaret Whisnant
Copyright © 2015 Margaret Whisnant
Taking Grades for Teachers, Inc., Conover, NC
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A Teaching Guide
by Margaret Whisnant
with
Objective Tests
and
Answer Keys
for
Caddie Woodlawn
By Carol Ryrie Brink
1936 Newbery Medal Winner
Text Copyright © 2015 Margaret Whisnant
Permission to copy for classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to classroom use only.
All rights reserved by author.
Taking Grades for Teachers, Inc.
Conover, NC 28613
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Table of Contents
Chapter Tests
Pages
1: The Adventurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2
2: The Circuit Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4
3: Pigeons in the Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4: A Silver Dollar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
5: Nero, Farewell!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
6: A Schoolroom Battle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
7: Attic Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
8: Breeches and Clogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
9: “The Rose Is Red” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-15
10: Hoofs in the Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
11: Massacree! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-18
12: Ambassador to the Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20
13: Scalp Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
14: A Dollar’s Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
15: “Fol do Rol-lo” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
16: Warren Performs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25
17: Pee-Wee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-27
18: News from the Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
19: Unexpected Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
20: Alas! Poor Annabelle! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31
21: Father Speaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33
22: A Letter with a Foreign Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
23: Pigeons or Peacocks
24: Travelers Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-35
Whole Book Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-39
Keys
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About Your Teaching Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Caddie Woodlawn
1: The Adventurers
Pages 1-13
Write either True or False in the blank before each statement.
___________1. Caddie Woodlawn’s story took place in 1864 in western Wisconsin.
___________2. Caddie was a tomboy.
___________3. Caddie was the oldest of the Woodlawn children.
___________4. Caddie and her brothers were excellent swimmers.
___________5. The sight of smoke signaled the presence of Indians on the other side of the
Menomonie River.
___________6. Hetty, the seven-year-old, was the newsbearer of the Woodlawn family.
___________7. The river was shallow enough so that Caddie, Warren, and Tom could easily
walk across.
___________8. Nero, the farm dog, was with the children when they crossed the river.
___________9. Caddie wished her mother would let her wear boys’ clothes.
__________10. On the other side of the river, Caddie and her brothers boldly approached the
group of Indians working on the canoe and began talking to them.
__________11. Indian John’s dog greeted Caddie in a friendly manner.
__________12. Seven years earlier, Caddie’s family had moved from Boston to their present
home.
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1: The Adventurers
Pages 1-13--continued
__________13. The Woodlawn children were no different from any other white children the
Indians had seen.
__________14. At their first meeting, Indian John had picked up Caddie and frightened her.
__________15. Indian John and Caddie were friends.
__________16. The children watched the Indians build a birch-bark canoe.
__________17. Hunger drove the children to leave the Indians and make their way back
across the river.
__________18. Caddie and her brothers were aware that Hetty had probably told Mother
they crossed the river without permission.
__________19. Because she wanted to take home more hazelnuts than the boys, Caddie
stayed behind when her brothers headed for home.
__________20. Caddie’s parents were angry and waiting anxiously for her when she reached
home.
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Caddie Woodlawn
By Caro Ryrie Brink
2: The Circuit Rider
Pages 14-26
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank before each question.
______1. Mr. Tanner, the circuit rider, was (A) a preacher, (B) a judge, (C) a U. S. Marshall.
______2. Caddie’s real name was (A) Caroline, (B) Kathryn, (C) Carrie.
______3. Mr. Woodlawn insisted upon allowing Caddie to run wild with the boys because
he (A) wanted her to be independent, (B) felt it would keep her healthy, (C) wanted
her to be helpful on the farm.
______4. When the Woodlawns came to Wisconsin, both Caddie and her little sister Mary
were frail, and (A) Little Mary was sent back to Boston to live with her
grandparents,(B) Little Mary died, (C) Father wouldn’t allow either of them to go
outdoors for a year.
______5. How did Mrs. Conroy, the hired girl, feel about Caddie? (A) Caddie was her
favorite. (B) She thought Caddie’s behavior was disgraceful. (C) She thought
Caddie’s mother should teach her to be a lady.
______6. Which of the following was not something the adults talked about during the meal?
(A) The Civil War, which seemed far away from Wisconsin, (B) Indian massacres,
(C) Abraham Lincoln, who had just been reelected President.
______7. How had Mr. Woodlawn helped the local Indians? He (A) gave them free corn
and wheat from the mill, (B) replaced the flintlocks on their guns with spring
locks, (C) convinced government officials not to intrude on their hunting grounds.
______8. Caddie’s parents (A) trusted the local Indians, (B) were unsure of the intentions of
the Indians in the area, (C) worried that the nearby Indians would go to war if their
nation began fighting with settlers.
______9. The circuit rider, who traveled from place to place to hold religious ceremonies,
served a parish that covered (A) most of western Wisconsin, (B) several counties,
(C) the whole state of Wisconsin.
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2: The Circuit Rider--Pages 14-26--continued
_____10. One of the reasons Mr. Tanner liked to stay with Caddie’s parents was that
(A) Mr. Woodlawn was the only person in the area who was not afraid of him,
(B) both he and Mrs. Woodlawn were from Boston, (C) it was the only house in
town where he could have a room to himself.
_____11. Mr. Woodlawn’s old home had been in (A) New York, (B) Spain, (C) England.
_____12. In addition to working on the farm and his duties as a master mechanic at the
mill, Mr. Woodlawn also repaired (A) wagons, (B) shoes, (C) clocks.
_____13. Of the three hired men, the children loved Robert Ireton best because he (A) knew
secrets of the animals and the woods, (B) taught them songs, (C) remembered
stories from their old home in Boston.
_____14. On Monday, Tom planned to (A) work with his father at the mill, (B) make a
canoe like the ones the Indians were making, (C) visit the Indian camp again.
_____15. During family prayers, Caddie thought the circuit rider’s voice was (A) a kind of
music, (B) stern and cold, (C) the sound of God.
_____16. Caddie’s father had (A) paid a man to fight in his place in the Civil War, (B) moved
his family west to escape the war, (C) did not have an opinion about slavery.
_____17. When she was a small girl, Caddie had (A) visited a Southern plantation, (B) seen
Abraham Lincoln, (C) been rescued from a fire by a slave.
_____18. Caddie’s father was proud that he (A) had once been an English aristocrat,
(B) had chosen not to be involved in the Civil War, (C) did not see things from
an aristocratic point of view.
_____19. To Caddie, her mother and Clara (A) seemed to find it easy to be clean and good,
(B) misunderstood Father’s way of thinking, (C) were more beautiful than the
rest of the family.
_____20. Which of the following was not true of the way Caddie felt about her father?
(A) Whatever he said was true, and she loved him better than anyone else on
earth. (B) She wished he would not be so bitter about England. (C) She was glad
her hair was rough and red like his.
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Caddie Woodlawn
3: Pigeons in the Sky
Pages 27-36
___________1. Church services were held in the schoolhouse.
___________2. Even though the area residents disapproved, Sam Hankinson brought his
Indian wife and three children into the building to hear the circuit rider speak.
___________3. Caddie thought she would be ashamed if she had an Indian mother.
___________4. Uncle Edmund always came to visit each fall when the pigeon shooting
was at its best.
___________5. Mrs. Woodlawn felt that her children behaved like wild things during her
brother’s visits.
___________6. Uncle Edmund brought jokes and tricks with him to the Woodlawn household.
___________7. Caddie sensed that the passenger pigeons, like the Indians, were a doomed
race fighting a losing battle with the white man.
___________8. Both Indians and white men used nets to catch passenger pigeons by the
thousands and send them to markets.
___________9. John Woodlawn instructed Tom and the hired men to kill no more pigeons
than the family could eat.
__________10. As expected, Uncle Edmund arrived on the very day the pigeons came.
__________11. Because they were on a journey to the South, the passenger pigeons
disappeared from the area after a few days.
__________12. Mrs. Woodlawn agreed to let Clara and Tom go to meet Uncle Edmund in
Dunnville where the Little Steamer docked.
__________13. The Woodlawn children had a habit of trying to change their parents’ minds
once a decision had been made.
__________14. Against their parents’ wishes, Caddie and Warren rode one of the horses
across the fields and through the woods to meet Uncle Edmund.
__________15. Hetty tried to warn her parents about what Caddie and Warren were planning.
__________16. Caddie and Warren did not reach the dock in Dunnville in time to meet Uncle
Edmund.
__________17. Since Uncle Edmund was so glad to see everyone, Mrs. Woodlawn did not
tell him that Caddie and Warren were there to greet him without permission.
__________18. Uncle Edmund’s gift to Caddie was a copy of her favorite book.
__________19. Uncle Edmund’s joke terrified Caddie.
__________20. Tom encouraged Uncle Edmund to try his trick on Hetty.
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Caddie Woodlawn
4: A Silver Dollar
Pages 37-47
___________1. Uncle Edmund never took more than one of the children when he went
hunting because he believed they frightened the game.
___________2. Uncle Edmund had to wear spectacles to go hunting.
___________3. Since Caddie had never been hunting with him, Uncle Edmund chose
her as his hunting partner.
___________4. Caddie couldn’t resist taunting her brothers about being Uncle Edmund’s
choice for the hunting trip.
___________5. Although he had not been trained as a hunter, Nero accompanied Caddie
and Uncle Edmund.
___________6. Caddie was the only one of the Woodlawn children who could swim.
___________7. Uncle Edmund could swim.
___________8. The children’s log raft was fastened together with wooden pins.
___________9. Caddie, Uncle Edmund, and Nero floated across the lake on the raft.
__________10. Uncle Edmund promised Caddie a silver dollar if she could beat him back
across the lake on the raft.
__________11. Because it was war time, a silver dollar was worth three times as much
as a paper dollar.
__________12. Uncle Edmund was gone quite a long time when he went back to the raft to
get his game bag.
__________13. It was Caddie who spotted the first squirrel that Uncle Edmund shot.
__________14. By the afternoon, Uncle Edmund had only one squirrel in his game bag.
__________15. As Caddie poled it across the lake, the raft began to come apart log by
log.
__________16. Caddie managed to stay afloat by holding on to one of the logs from the
raft.
__________17. Caddie thought Uncle Edmund’s joke with the raft was the funniest thing
he had ever done.
__________18. Caddie agreed right away to take Uncle Edmund’s silver dollar as an
apology for destroying the raft.
__________19. Uncle Edmund gathered the pieces of the raft, and then he and Caddie put it
back together.
__________20. Uncle Edmund gave Caddie the silver dollar to keep her from telling Mother
what had happened on the hunting trip.
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Caddie Woodlawn
5: Nero, Farewell!
Pages 48-58
Write either Yes or No in the blank before each question.
______1.
Did Caddie’s brothers and sisters have ideas as to how Caddie should spend
the silver dollar?
______2.
Since she could not decide how to spend it, did Caddie put her silver dollar
away in a wooden trinket box that Father had made for her?
______3.
Had the Woodlawns always used lamps in their home?
______4.
Were Uncle Edmund and Caddie the two people Nero loved the best?
______5.
Did Uncle Edmund want to take Nero back to St. Louis and have him trained as a
bird dog?
______6.
Did Uncle Edmund want to keep Nero permanently?
______7.
Did the Woodlawn children protest loudly when they heard what Uncle Edmund
planned to do with Nero?
______8.
Was it Mr. Woodlawn who gave Uncle Edmund permission to take Nero?
______9.
Was it a long journey from the Woodlawn’s farm back to Uncle Edmund’s home
in St. Louis?
_____10.
Did Tom, Caddie, and Warren stay busy picking the last of the wild grapes,
gathering butternuts and hazelnuts from the woods, and picking cranberries from
the marshes?
_____11.
Did Mother sell Thanksgiving turkeys at market each year?
_____12.
Did Caddie and her brothers wish they could have turkey to eat more than once
a year?
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5: Nero, Farewell!
Pages 48-58—continued
_____13.
Did Father expect Mother to make as much money this year selling turkeys as
she had made in previous years?
_____14.
Were the turkeys Mrs. Woodlawn sold wild birds that Mr. Woodlawn hunted and
brought to the farm?
_____15.
When Mother returned from market, were all the turkeys still on the wagon?
_____16.
Did Mother like for Tom to call her “Ma”?
_____17.
Had Mother refuse to sell her turkeys because the price was not high enough?
_____18.
Was it Mother’s opinion that she could make a fortune if she could sell her
turkeys in Boston?
_____19.
Did Mother decide that her family would have roast turkey and cranberry
sauce all winter?
_____20.
Did the Woodlawn children think they would get tired of eating turkey?
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Caddie Woodlawn
6: A Schoolroom Battle
Page 59-69
______1.
Katie Hyman’s mother came from the village to (A) make school clothes for the
Woodlawn children, (B) help with the winter food storage, (C) help Mother clean
the house.
______2.
Which of the following was not something Tom gave to Katie Hyman? (A) a
doll he carved, (B) an apple, (C) his best Indian arrowhead.
______3.
The night before school began (A) Father finished stitching the trimming braid
on his children’s coats, (B) a thick blanket of snow fell and covered the ground,
(C) the new teacher arrived in town.
______4.
The Woodlawns went to school in the winter because the teacher (A) worked
on a farm the remainder of the year, (B) traveled from place to place like the
circuit rider, (C) taught the children of Durand in the spring and fall.
______5.
The children attended school for three months in the winter and (A) two months
in summer, (B) the month of April, (C) the last three weeks of September.
______6.
Caddie (A) didn’t see a need for school, (B) hated school, (C) liked school.
______7.
Which of the following was not true of Obediah Jones? (A) The Woodlawns
didn’t like him. (B) He was as big as the teacher, and she was afraid of him.
(C) Tom was afraid of him and intended to stay out of his way.
______8.
Caddie had seen her best friend Maggie Bunn (A) every day since summer,
(B) only once or twice since summer, (C) at church every week during the fall.
______9.
Which of the following was not true of the school? (A) It was only one small
room. (B) The boys and girls sat together. (C) The twenty students ranged
in age from six to twenty-one.
_____10.
The children who sat in the corner by themselves were (A) Sam Hankinson’s
little half-breed children, (B) Obediah Jones and his brothers, (C) Caddie and her
best friends.
_____11.
The problem Miss Parker had at Dunnville School was (A) keeping the building
warm, (B) not having enough room for all the children, (C) the boys.
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6: A Schoolroom Battle--Page 59-69—continued
_____12.
Ashur and Obediah Jones came to school (A) to see what fun they could have
baiting the teacher, (B) because their father forced them to, (C) because they
wanted to learn.
_____13.
Obediah Jones (A) put his feet on Maggie Bunn’s desk, (B) liked Miss Parker,
(C) had been in trouble at school by the end of the summer term.
_____14.
Obediah grabbed Caddie’s curls because (A) he liked her red hair and wanted to
tease her, (B) she struck his shins with her ruler, (C) she told Miss Parker that
he was threatening her.
_____15.
Tom was not able to help Caddie because (A) Miss Parker held his shoulders,
(B) Warren held him back, (C) Ashur Jones attacked him.
_____16.
Who told Miss Parker what Obediah Jones had done? (A) Caddie, (B) Hetty,
(C) Tom.
_____17.
While Obediah pulled her curls, Caddie (A) screamed, (B) kicked him in the
shins, (C) poked him with a ruler.
_____18.
Obediah Jones bragged that he (A) could do what he pleased and nobody would
dare stop him, (B) could whip anyone in the school, (C) had never had a whipping
and he never would.
_____19.
Which of the following was not something Miss Parker did to Obediah Jones?
She (A) whipped him with her ruler, (B) sent him to the woodshed to decide if he
would go home and never come back or stay and behave like a gentleman,
(C) sent him home for the rest of the day and demanded to see his father.
_____20.
When Obediah came back into the schoolhouse (A) Miss Parker’s face grew
white, and she began trembling, (B) it meant Miss Parker was in charge of the
school, (C) Tom and Warren protected Caddie.
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Caddie Woodlawn
7: Attic Magic Pages 70-83
snow drifts
heated stones
Tom and Warren
Robert Ireton
salt pork
turkey broth
Father
Caddie
Mother
Obediah
the Caroline table
the attic
the spelling bees
the mill at Eau Galle
the circuit rider’s clock
From the list above, choose the name or phrase that matches each of the clues below and write it in the blank.
All answers will be used at least once. Some answers will be used more than once.
_____________________1. Caddie asked for bean soup instead of this.
_____________________2. These took place on Saturday mornings.
_____________________3. Sometimes on Saturday afternoons, Father took Tom, Caddie
and Warren here to skate on the pond.
_____________________4. Warren asked to have this for Christmas dinner rather than
turkey and cranberries.
_____________________5. Caddie was sure she could repair this.
_____________________6. Sometimes they were too high for the children to walk to school.
_____________________7. She caught a cold that kept her in bed for a week and home
from school for several weeks afterwards.
_____________________8. He laughed when he saw what Caddie did to the circuit rider’s
clock.
_____________________9. After Teacher taught him a lesson, he was sulky but no longer
rebellious.
____________________10. At this place, Caddie nearly drowned for the second time in a
year.
____________________11. As they rode to school, the children warmed their feet on these.
____________________12. It was here that Caddie found the pair of little red breeches and
a small pair of wooden-soled clogs.
____________________13. They rescued Caddie from the icy water.
____________________14. To Caddie, this was the chief delight of school.
____________________15. Hetty told this person about Caddie’s fight with Obediah.
____________________16. When the weather was too cold or the snow too deep, he
hitched old Betsy to the sledge and drove the children to school.
____________________17. With Father’s direction, Caddie repaired it, so that it sat in the
middle of the dining room table ticking cheerfully.
____________________18. She asked Caddie why she couldn’t behave like a young lady.
____________________19. It had been made by one of Mother’s ancestors for his wife
Caroline and it now belonged to Caddie.
____________________20. She became Father’s partner in the clock repair business.
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Caddie Woodlawn
by Carol Ryire Brink
8: Breeches and Clogs
Pages 84-97
______1.
Were the long winter evenings boring and dreary for the Woodlawn household?
______2.
Did Robert Ireton know how to sing a good song as well as tell a good story?
______3.
Did the little red breeches and the wooden-soled shoes that Caddie found in the
attic belong to her father?
______4.
As a child in England, did Father dance while wearing the shoes and little red
breeches?
______5.
Had Father often talked to the children about his life in England?
______6.
When Mr. Woodlawn lived there as a boy, were people in England free to live
their lives as they wished?
______7.
Had Mr. Woodlawn’s grandfather been an English Lord who owned lots of
land and lived in a great stone house?
______8.
As a boy, had Mr. Woodlawn lived on his grandfather’s grand estate where
peacocks roamed the lawns?
______9.
When Thomas Woodlawn fell in love with the seamstress who worked in the large
house, did his father approve?
_____10.
If Mr. Woodlawn’s father had forsaken his mother, would Lord Woodlawn have
taken him back into the family and all the privileges of the aristocracy?
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8: Breeches and Clogs
______11.
Had Lord Woodlawn ever changed his mind and forgiven his son for marrying a
shoemaker’s daughter?
______12.
Had Mr. Woodlawn’s father, as the son of a nobleman, been taught a useful
trade that helped him take care of his family?
______13.
Was Mr. Woodlawn only ten years old when his father died?
______14.
Was Mr. Woodlawn’s mother able to go to her own father for help after her
husband died?
______15.
Had Mr. Woodlawn’s mother been able to make a lot of money as a
seamstress?
______16.
Did father wear the clogs as well as the red breeches and a green jacket when
he earned money by dancing for people?
______17.
Could Mr. Woodlawn still dance?
______18.
Was it Mr. Woodlawn who wanted the children to see his portrait?
______19.
Had Mr. Woodlawn’s father painted the portrait of him as a three-year-old boy?
______20.
Was Mr. Woodlawn angry because he had not inherited the big English stone
house with peacocks on the lawn?
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Caddie Woodlawn
9: “The Rose is Red”
Pages 98-108
___________1. Caddie was glad to be back in school again in February.
___________2. On Valentine’s Day, the boys who had sweethearts didn’t give the usual
cartoon cards.
___________3. Tom suggested that Caddie spend her silver dollar for Valentines.
___________4. Caddie spent six cents of her silver dollar on cartoon Valentines at
Dunnville Store.
___________5. Caddie learned that Tom was sprouting potatoes for Mr. Adams in order
to buy the beautiful Valentine that was displayed in the store.
___________6. Tom often kept secrets from Caddie.
___________7. At school, Valentine’s Day was like any other day.
___________8. Obediah was the student who drew the cartoon valentine on the slate
and hung it on the front of the teacher’s desk.
___________9. The “rose is red” Valentine appeared on Katie Hyman’s desk.
___________10. Katie was so shy that no one else in school dared give her a comic
Valentine.
__________11. Although her Valentine was not signed, Katie smiled and her eyes
sparkled.
__________12. Tom did not appear to notice when Katie opened the Valentine.
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__________13. Other than Caddie, none of the Woodlawn children suspected that Tom
had sent the “rose is red” Valentine.
__________14. The Woodlawn children had not yet tired of the turkey they had been
eating all winter.
__________15. At school, the Woodlawns began trading their turkey sandwiches for the
Hankinsons’ parched corn.
__________16. The Woodlawn family had huge celebrations for each person’s birthday.
__________17. On George Washington’s birthday, which was also Caddie’s birthday, there
were special activities at school.
__________18. When she learned that President Lincoln also had a February birthday,
Caddie wished more than ever that she had been a boy so she could grow
up to be President.
__________19. As she sang, holding the flag, Caddie thought of Father looking through
the barred gate at the peacocks on an English lawn.
__________20. Caddie felt she was more American than any of her friends because of
the way Father had been treated in England.
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Caddie Woodlawn
10: Hoofs in the Dark
Pages 109-117
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank before each statement.
______1.
Though Caddie was twelve years old, Father felt she (A) didn’t need to know
how to cook and sew, (B) should get her health first and become a young lady
later, (C) was as much of a young lady as any other girl in the area.
______2.
Uncle Edmund’s letter reported that Nero had (A) run away, (B) been stolen,
(C) attached himself to another family with children and sheep.
______3.
When he returned in the fall, Uncle Edmund promised to (A) pay each of the
children for their loss, (B) bring a puppy, (C) bring gifts for each person.
______4.
Uncle Edmund had searched for Nero for several (A) days, (B) weeks, (C) months.
______5.
At the news about Nero, Caddie was (A) furious, (B) unusually quiet,
(C) inconsolable.
______6.
Mother thought the sound of hoofbeats in the cold February night meant (A) the
war had reached their area, (B) someone needed Father’s help, (C) one of the
neighbors was sick.
______7.
The rider brought news that (A) the Indians were gathering for an uprising,
(B) Indians had attacked west of Dunnville, (C) Confederate troops were near.
______8.
Mr. Woodlawn hoped Mr. Kent’s news was (A) true, (B) a rumor, (C) early enough
so that the settlers could prepare for an attack.
______9.
Mr. Woodlawn was willing to stake his farm and much that he held dear on
(A) the strength of the local families, (B) the Dunnville militia, (C) the honor
and friendliness of the local Indians.
_____10.
For safety’s sake, the local settlers were (A) invited to gather at the Woodlawn
home, (B) planning to gather at the fort in Dunnville, (C) moving into underground
shelters.
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Caddie Woodlawn
11: Massacree!
Pages 118-130
New Ulm
Mrs. Woodlawn
the night
supplies
a rumor
Caddie
the second day
massacree
attacked the Indians
ice
Indian John
Betsy
the Woodlawn farm
Mr. Woodlawn
the cellar
Katie Hyman
From the list above, choose the name, word, or phrase that matches each of the clues below and write
it in the blank. All answers will be used at least once. Some answers will be used more than once.
____________________1.
This person tried to assure the excited people that he trusted the
Indians and that he believed the settlers were safe.
____________________2.
During this time, people became more restless and undecided
about returning home, and the strain of waiting became
unbearable.
____________________3.
Caddie decided to take her on the mission because Pete,
though he was faster, was not as trustworthy.
____________________4.
Because she loved a gathering of people, this person did not let
her mind dwell on the danger from the Indians.
____________________5.
This word filled the white settlers with terror.
____________________6.
Caddie knew him only as a friend, and she did not believe that
he would come to kill her family and neighbors.
____________________7.
Two years before, the Indians of Minnesota had killed a
thousand white settlers and had almost destroyed this town.
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Pages 118-130--continued
____________________8.
Like the day, it passed and nothing fearful happened.
____________________9.
On the second day, a few men, Tom, Warren, and Father left
the farm to get more of these.
___________________10.
So great was the disease of fear, that one of these about the
Indians could spread like an epidemic throughout the country.
___________________11.
She promised not to tell where Caddie had gone.
___________________12.
People from all directions gathered here to protect themselves
against a possible Indian attack.
___________________13.
As Caddie rode off on her mission, the mist was turning into
rain, there was still snow in the wood, and this would still be
on the river.
___________________14.
While she was here fetching turnips for Mother, Caddie
overheard the men talking about attacking the Indians.
___________________15.
Both Caddie and Mr. Kent knew where he and his people
had built their winter huts.
___________________16.
In addition to fleeing back East or gathering in numbers for
strength, sometimes the white settlers did this when there
were rumors of danger from the Indians.
___________________17.
The men knew he would be against attacking the Indians.
___________________18.
After she broke a dish and spilled applesauce all over the
kitchen, Mother asked her to run and play.
___________________19.
She knew she must warn Indian John and his people.
___________________20.
The men Caddie overheard were talking about doing this
to Indian John and his people.
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Caddie Woodlawn
By Carol Ryire Brink
12: Ambassador to the Enemy
Pages 131-143
______1.
While crossing the ice-covered river, Betsy (A) fell through a patch of thin ice into
shallow water, (B) tried to turn back toward the bank, (C) slipped and had to
struggle to keep her balance.
______2.
When she reached the Indian’s camp, Caddie saw that (A) all the men were
gone, (B) Father had been right about them, (C) a celebration dance was being
held.
______3.
Caddie thought the men she had heard talking would (A) not believe her when
she told them the Indians were at peace, (B) attack the Indian camp before
day break, (C) wait for Father’s return before organizing an attack.
______4.
Before he actually listened to what Caddie had to say, John (A) seemed angry
that she was traveling alone, (B) made sure she was warm, (C) asked where
her father was.
______5.
Caddie begged John to (A) go away with his tribe while there was still time,
(B) convince his people not to go to war, (C) go back to the Woodland farm with
her.
______6.
Caddie thought that John (A) did not believe what she had said, (B) would not
try to stop the massacree, (C) did not understand her.
______7.
John said that (A) his people would leave tomorrow, (B) Caddie could stay in
the Indian camp for the night, (C) his people would stand and fight if attacked.
______8.
When Caddie left to travel back to the farm, John (A) insisted that she take an
Indian pony, (B) told his people to get ready for war, (C) was traveling with her.
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______9.
On the way home, (A) there was sleet and ice on the tree branches, (B) snow
started to fall, (C) Caddie worried that she would be too late.
_____10.
Caddie feared that, if a white man saw him riding toward the farm, John would
(A) have to fight in self-defense, (B) be shot without a moment’s warning, (C) be
forced to run for his life.
_____11.
Caddie didn’t know if John was being driven by (A) hatred or fear, (B) anger
or desperation, (C) courage or ignorance.
_____12.
When she reached the farm, Caddie saw that (A) everything was quiet and dark,
(B) a column of men were riding away from the house, (C) lanterns were
flashing, people were moving about, and voices were calling.
_____13.
Father was out in the night (A) searching for Caddie, (B) trying to stop the other
men from riding to the Indian camp, (C) on his way back to the farm with supplies.
_____14.
Neither Father nor Robert Ireton knew that Caddie (A) had believed Father was
right about the Indians, (B) had gone to the Indian camp to warn them, (C) was
afraid Indian John would be killed.
_____15.
John assured Mr. Woodlawn that (A) his people were not going to attack the
white settlers, (B) he would be safe going back to his camp, (C) Caddie had not
been harmed.
_____16.
Over Caddie’s head, Father and John (A) smiled down at her, (B) bowed to each
other and agreed not to fight, (C) clasped hands and agreed to keep the peace.
_____17.
What was Father’s attitude about what Caddie had done? She (A) had caused
a bad four hours, but it was worth it, (B) would have to be punished even though
her actions were beneficial, (C) was braver than any other person on the farm.
_____18.
Concerning the men who were planning to attack John and his people, (A) they
were planning to make their move early the next morning, (B) Mr. Woodlawn
had put a stop to their notions, (C) the women on the farm had prevented them
from carrying out their plans.
_____19.
During the search for Caddie, Katie had (A) sat pale and silent in a corner,
(B) told what she had seen Caddie do, (C) told Mr. Woodlawn that Caddie had
left the farm but refused to say where she had gone.
_____20.
Which of the following was not something that happened to Caddie when she
came home? (A) Katie rushed out to greet her and fainted. (B) Her brothers
and sisters gazed at her in silent admiration. (C) Mrs. Woodlawn cried
hysterically.
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Caddie Woodlawn
13: Scalp Belt
Pages 144-154
______1.
Though the massacree scare was a false alarm, did many people move
eastward and leave the country for good?
______2.
Did proving that the threat of attack was only a rumor ease the fear and hatred
that many people felt for the Indians?
______3.
Did the Indians understand the feelings of some of the settlers and prepare to
move westward for a time?
______4.
When he appeared at the Woodlawn farm, did Indian John frighten Mother and
Mrs. Conroy?
______5.
Did Indian John use the fork and plate Mother had provided along with the
pieces of dried apple pie?
______6.
Had John’s dog injured his foot so that he could not make the journey west?
______7.
Did Mother give permission for Caddie to keep John’s dog for him?
______8.
Had John himself taken the scalps hanging on the scalp belt?
______9.
Did John plan to come back in the moon of yellow leaves for both his dog and
the scalp belt?
_____10.
Did John call Caddie “Missie Red Hair” and say she was a good girl?
_____11.
Did Mother allow Caddie to keep the scalp belt in her room?
_____12.
Did Caddie find she loved John’s dog despite the fact that he was an ugly animal?
_____13.
Was Caddie protective of the scalp belt when her brothers and sisters asked to
see it?
_____14.
Were the scalps on the belt those of white settlers?
_____15.
Did Hetty like Tom’s teasing about her red hair and the scalp belt?
_____16.
Did the children make plans to charge their friends for a peek at the scalp belt?
_____17.
Were the Woodlawn children planning to build a sort of small stage to display
the belt?
_____18.
Did Caddie agree to allow other people to touch the scalp belt?
_____19.
Did the children decide to call John’s father “Big Chief Bloody Tomahawk?”
_____20.
Was Hetty given permission by her brothers and sisters to tell everyone about
the scalp belt show that was to be held the next Saturday afternoon?
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Caddie Woodlawn
14: A Dollar’s Worth
Pages 155-164
___________1. Hetty did her job well advertising the scalp belt.
___________2. The Woodlawn children asked their friends to pay money for the privilege
of seeing the scalp belt.
___________3. Sam Hankinson’s wife came to the schoolroom to say goodbye to her three
children.
___________4. When Mr. Hankinson married his Indian wife, there had been very few white
people in the area.
___________5. Sam Hankinson’s wife left her children and husband to go back to her
people.
___________6. Sam Hankinson’s wife left her family because she missed the Indian way of
life.
___________7. Sam Hankinson had a very strong character, but he was unable to convince
his wife to stay.
___________8. When the Hankinson children came to school the next day, their eyes were
swollen from crying.
___________9. Caddie took the three Hankinson children to the Dunnville store and spent
all of her silver dollar on presents for them.
__________10. Caddie was sorry she hadn’t saved part of the silver dollar to spend on
herself.
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Caddie Woodlawn
15: “Fol de Rol-lo”
Pages 165-177
______1.
When she saw the neighbors’ children coming toward the house, did Mrs.
Woodlawn think there was another massacree scare?
______2.
Was it Caddie who made the announcements and talked to the audience
about the scalp belt?
______3.
Did Robert Ireton speak harshly to the children because he believed it was wrong
for them to show the scalp belt?
______4.
Did the children join in as Robert played his banjo and sang “Paddy’s Leather
Breeches?”
______5.
Did Tom notice that Katie Hyman did not come to see the scalp belt, and that she
had not come to school since the massacre scare?
______6.
Did Mrs. Woodlawn agree to let her children go see Katie Hyman?
______7.
Was Katie ill because she had been having nightmares about Caddie’s daring
mission?
______8.
After he saw the Valentine on the rough wall beside Katie’s bed, was Tom
unable to speak for the rest of his visit?
______9.
Did seeing the scalp belt cause Katie to lose all the cheerfulness and pinkness
in her cheeks she had gained from the Woodlawns’ visit?
_____10.
Did Caddie tell Tom she knew he sent the special Valentine to Katie?
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Caddie Woodlawn
16: Warren Performs
Pages 178-188
______1.
As the ice on the river began to break, it (A) caused flooding in some areas,
(B) formed great jams, so that crossing the river was impossible, (C) melted
quickly and was gone.
______2.
Which of the following was not true of the children’s Cousin Annabelle from
Boston? She (A) was about Caddie’s age, (B) had been to visit the Woodlawns
once before, (C) had been raised as a lady.
______3.
Mother’s letter to Cousin Annabelle in Boston sat on a shelf in the parlor for
many days because (A) Mother wasn’t sure about inviting her, (B) Father
wanted to be certain the winter weather had passed, (C) Mother had to wait
for the return of the Little Steamer to mail it.
______4.
Before the ice went out, Tom, Caddie, and Warren enjoyed using their time after
school (A) emptying the sap buckets from the sugar maple trees that Father and
Robert Ireton had tapped, (B) gathering early spring blueberries for Mother’s
pies, (C) searching the forest for signs of the return of John and his people.
______5.
The last day of school was to be (A) a day of socializing and a great picnic,
(B) a day of examinations in every subject, (C) a speaking day with songs and
recitations.
______6.
Warren was (A) not gifted as a public speaker, (B) a bit of a clown when he had
an audience , (C) coached by Mother to recite a poem in a perfect Boston accent.
______7.
Warren often practiced his recitation incorrectly because he (A) couldn’t remember
it correctly, (B) thought the way Tom had spoken it was funny, (C) liked to tease
Mother.
______8.
Mrs. Woodlawn wanted her children to stay home on speaking day because she
thought (A) Caddie and Warren looked ill, (B) there was going to be a dreadful
storm, (C) the day’s planned activities were not useful.
______9.
Which of the following was not true of the schoolroom on speaking day? (A) It
was decorated, and the children were starched and clean. (B) A few of the
Dunnville parents had come to see the festivities. (C) Miss Parker was dressed
as usual.
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_____10.
Caddie’s recitation (A) went perfectly, (B) was difficult for her to remember,
(C) was her favorite poem.
_____11.
After her recitation, Caddie felt that she had (A) done something an accomplished
lady would have done, (B) shown she was the best student in the school, (C) not
done the best she could.
_____12.
Instead of the correct recitation, Warren said (A)”If at first you don’t succeed, Try
try again.” (B) “If you are in need, Find, find a friend!” (C) “If at first you don’t
fricassee, Fry, fry a hen!”
_____13.
Everyone seemed to enjoy Warren’s performance except (A) the parents and
Caddie, (B) Tom and Caddie, (C) Warren and Miss Parker.
_____14.
Miss Parker’s students scattered for home more quickly and silently than
usual because (A) they didn’t want to be around when Warren was punished,
(B) the storm was beginning to break, (C) they were happy school was over.
_____15.
Tom, Caddie, and Hetty did not go home immediately after school because
(A) they waited for the storm to pass, (B) they wouldn’t leave until Miss Parker
was finished with Warren, (C) Father and Robert were coming to pick them up.
_____16.
Alone with the teacher, Warren (A) could recite his piece perfectly, (B) could
do nothing but giggle, (C) still could not recite his piece correctly.
_____17.
Who rescued Warren from Miss Parker and her ruler? (A) Tom, (B) Caddie,
(C) Hetty.
_____18.
Before the children had gone half a mile, (A) Warren broke down in sobs,
(B) a furious lightning and thunder storm struck, (C) Hetty was threatening to
tell Mother about Warren.
_____19.
The children escaped being killed under the big oak tree because (A) Tom had
convinced them to move away, (B) it’s wide branches sheltered them from falling
limbs and the strong wind, (C) lightning struck the taller tree next to it.
_____20.
When they told Mother about their adventurous trip home, the children
(A) allowed Hetty to tell the story, (B) all talked together, (C) were too frightened
to talk for some time.
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Caddie Woodlawn
17: Pee-Wee
Pages 189-200
______1.
Once school was out, did Father immediately insist that Caddie, Tom, and Warren
spend most of their time working on the farm?
______2.
Were Caddie and her two brothers angry when Father assigned them the task of
hitching up Betsy and plowing the far field next to the woods?
______3.
Did Indian John’s dog go along with the children on their plowing adventure?
______4.
Were the first few furrows great fun for the three Woodlawns?
______5.
Did the children agree to take turns with the plow while two of them sat in the
fence corner and told stories?
______6.
Did Tom agree to take the first round with the plow and think up a story as he
worked?
______7.
Were Tom’s stories always in demand because he made them up himself?
______8.
Were the Bible and the school reader the children’s only source for stories?
______9.
Was it a phoebe bird that made the “Pee-wee! Pee-wee!” sound?
_____10.
Had Tom finished making up his story by the time he completed the first round
with the plow?
_____11.
Was Tom’s story about a farmer whose name was Pee-Wee?
_____12.
In Tom’s story, did Farmer Pee-Wee throw a rock at a little bird because it was
eating the seeds he had planted?
_____13.
Did Pee-Wee take the hide from his dead ox to town to see what he could get
for it?
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17: Pee-Wee--Pages 189-200--continued
_____14.
Was Pee-Wee aware that there was a very rich young man inside the churn
when he traded his ox hide for it?
_____15.
Did Pee-Wee tell his neighbors the truth about how he got a purse full of gold?
_____16.
Did Pee-Wee accidentally kill his wife when he threw a hoe at the phoebe bird?
_____17.
Did the man driving the coach and four black horses think he had drowned
Pee-Wee’s wife?
_____18.
Was Caddie pleased when, in Tom’s story, all the farmers killed their wives
and set them up by the road to wait for a coach?
_____19.
Were the other farmers so mad they put Pee-Wee in a hogshead barrel with the
intention of drowning him?
_____20.
Did the farmers go into a tavern to drink and celebrate getting rid of Pee-Wee?
_____21.
Did Pee-Wee force the old shepherd to change places with him in the barrel?
_____22.
Did Pee-Wee convince the other farmers that he had found sheep at the
bottom of the lake?
_____23.
When Pee-Wee became lord and master of all the farmers’ land and cattle, did
Caddie hope he would live happily ever after?
_____24.
Did Tom also tell his story to Warren?
_____25.
Did Tom’s story become the Woodlawn’s favorite story and also a favorite of
Caddie’s children and grandchildren many years later?
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Caddie Woodlawn
18: News from the Outside
Pages 201-209
___________1. Mother’s chance to send letters to Boston, including one to Miss Annabelle
Grey, came with the spring return of the Little Steamer.
___________2. Thought to the settlers it was the thing that linked them to the outside
world, the Little Steamer’s real purpose was to carry men and goods
up and down the river to different lumber camps.
___________3. The Woodlawns were disappointed to hear that General Lee had
surrendered and the South had lost the war.
___________4. In addition to letters, the Little Steamer brought Mother copies of The
Young Ladies Friend, The Mother’s Assistant, and Godey’s Lady’s Book.
___________5. In the family bedtime prayers, Father asked that Mr. Lincoln be made strong
and wise to lead the nation back to peace and security.
___________6. When she saw the pair of cardinals in the woods, Caddie wondered if they
had seen Nero.
___________7. The grave inside the white picket fence on the hill north of the house was
that of a young woman who had been killed by Indians.
___________8. Caddie admitted to Hetty that she sometimes got tired of being with her two
brothers all the time.
___________9. Caddie realized that Hetty’s need to be the first to tell might be her way of
making up for being alone.
__________10. Mr. Tanner, the circuit rider, had no new news about the end of the war.
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Caddie Woodlawn
summer berries
churning
19: Unexpected Heroes Pages 210-222
the rattlesnake skeleton
the cool box
the schoolhouse
Obediah Jones
the Indians
Cousin Annabelle Grey
Chimney Bluffs
Silas Bunn
John’s dog
cry
Caddie
From the list above, choose the name, word, or phrase that matches each of the clues below and write it
in the blank. All answers will be used at least once. Some answers will be used more than once.
_____________________1.
Mother assigned this task to the three adventurers to keep
them from wandering away from home.
_____________________2.
The letter this person wrote brought Caddie a pang of fear as
well as a feeling of anticipation.
_____________________3.
He warned everyone in the schoolhouse that a prairie fire was
headed their way.
_____________________4.
Tom, Caddie, and Warren fled in terror from this place when
they came face to face with a rattlesnake.
_____________________5.
She wrote a letter to Mother saying she would be pleased to
visit with the Woodlawns.
_____________________6.
The trench he dug around the schoolhouse saved it from the
prairie fire.
_____________________7.
Caddie, Tom, and Warren took their buckets and went out into
the woods to gather these for their mother.
_____________________8.
After the fire, Miss Parker allowed him to come into the
schoolhouse where everyone petted him.
_____________________9.
Though it was summer, Miss Parker came back and opened it
up for another session.
____________________10.
Tom thought that finding this was as good as the scalp belt.
____________________11.
The other boys imitated him by beating at the prairie fire with
boards.
____________________12.
Miss Parker allowed Tom to bring this to school and hang it
over the map of North America.
____________________13.
He had a habit of hanging out the schoolhouse window so that
only his feet and the seat of his trousers were visible.
____________________14.
The only time the children saw Mother do this was when the
neighbors’ hogs destroyed their year’s supply of butter.
____________________15.
Miss Parker called him a hero, and the children cheered for him.
____________________16.
He fell into disfavor at the farmhouse for killing one of Clara’s
pet kittens, but Caddie continued to love and defend him.
____________________17.
Tom knew it wasn’t safe here in the summer because of the
rattlesnakes.
____________________18.
She ran to Dunnville to get help fighting the prairie fire.
____________________19.
Father built it around the spring at the north of the house as a
place to store butter in warm weather.
____________________20.
Father said they did not come back during the hot, dry summer
because they knew the hunting and fishing were not good.
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Caddie Woodlawn
20: Alas! Poor Annabelle!
Pages 223-235
______1.
Before Cousin Annabelle’s arrival, (A) Mother gave the house a thorough cleaning,
(B) Caddie and her brothers picked more berries for Mother, (C) Mrs. Hyman and
Katie came to make summer clothes for the girls.
______2.
What article of clothing did Caddie find difficult to handle? (A) hoops, (B) bonnets,
(C) buttoned shoes.
______3.
Cousin Annabelle arrived with (A) seven trunks and boxes, (B) gifts for each
member of the family, (C) a dirty face and clothes tattered and torn from her long
journey.
______4.
Which of the following was not something Caddie felt when she saw Cousin
Annabelle? (A) disgusted, (B) clumsy, (C) awkward.
______5.
Annabelle commented that (A) the farm was even more beautiful than she had
imagined, (B) when seen all together, seven children looked like a lot, (C) her
trip had been a wonderful, pleasant experience.
______6.
Annabelle refused the nosegay Hetty had picked for her because she (A) was
allergic to flowers, (B) was holding luggage in both hands, (C) didn’t want to get
her mitts dirty.
______7.
Watching as Mother talked to Annabelle, Father (A) laughed at their silly behavior,
(B) tried several times to join in the conversation, (C) understood what Mother
had given up when she left Boston to come with him to Wisconsin.
______8.
Before an hour or so of Boston gossip, both Tom and Caddie (A) were tired of
Annabelle’s city airs, (B) wished they lived in Boston, (C) hoped to be able to
visit with Cousin Annabelle in Boston.
______9.
To Cousin Annabelle, Boston was one of the world’s great cities, while Dunnville
(A) wasn’t even a town, (B) was only just beginning to grow, (C) was quaint and
rustic, but not on the maps yet.
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20: Alas! Poor Annabelle!--Pages 223-235--continued
_____10.
Annabelle assured Tom that she (A) wanted nothing to do with the farm and its
work, (B) wanted to be just as uncivilized as the Woodlawn children, (C) didn’t
want to be near any of the farm animals.
_____11.
Before Annabelle was up on her first morning with the Woodlawns, Caddie, Tom,
and Warren (A) met and plotted ways to play jokes on her, (B) agreed to make
Annabelle’s visit a happy one, (C) promised Mother they would be kind to their
cousin.
_____12.
For her first riding lesson, Cousin Annabelle wore (A) an old dress, (B) an English
riding costume, (C) a dress with decorative buttons on the front and back.
_____13.
Hetty noticed that (A) Tom and Caddie were looking at each other in a strange
way, (B) Cousin Annabelle was using Pete, and not Betsy, for her riding lesson,
(C) Annabelle seemed to be nervous.
_____14.
Cousin Annabelle suspected that, since he was a Western horse, Pete
(A) probably bucked, (B) wasn’t very intelligent, (C) would be easy to handle.
_____15.
When Annabelle touched him with a switch, Pete (A) bucked, and threw his rider,
(B) headed for a shed, scraping Annabelle off when he trotted under its low roof,
(C) shot out of the barn at lightning speed, running out from under Annabelle.
_____16.
After her first riding lesson, Annabelle (A) cried hysterically, (B) admitted she was
not good at riding, (C) said Boston horses would never behave like Pete.
_____17.
Caddie thought (A) Annabelle got what she deserved, (B) it might be mean to play
another trick on Annabelle, (C) Mother would surely punish the three of them.
_____18.
Hetty tried to warn Annabelle that (A) she must not hold the sheep’s salt,
(B) she was being tricked, (C) the sheep were not friendly at all.
_____19.
The Woodlawns allowed Annabelle to (A) go alone inside the pasture holding the
salt in her hand, (B) feed salt to the most gentle sheep, (C) hold one of the lambs.
_____20.
Which of the following was not a result of Annabelle’s experience with the
sheep? (A) The sheep ate the buttons off her dress. (B) Her sun hat was left
hanging from the left horn of a fat ram. (C) Annabelle and Hetty rushed home to
tell what Caddie, Tom, and Warren had done.
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Caddie Woodlawn
21: Father Speaks
Pages 236-247
___________1. The Woodlawn children realized there was more in Annabelle than met the
eye when she described her encounter with the sheep as a “quaint
experience.”
___________2. The children were terrified that Annabelle might tell Mother what had
happened to her.
___________3. That evening, Annabelle was as boastful as ever about Boston.
___________4. Caddie wished she hadn’t promised Tom to play the next trick on Annabelle.
___________5. For her somersault lesson, Cousin Annabelle wore a dress much like the
button dress she wore for her riding lesson.
___________6. Hetty saw Caddie slip the egg down Cousin Annabelle’s blouse just as she
was starting to turn a somersault in the hayloft.
___________7. The somersault trick caused Annabelle to cry.
___________8. Hetty told Mother about the egg, but not about the riding lesson or the
sheep salting.
___________9. Mother singled Caddie out for punishment, striking her three time across the
legs with a riding whip and sending her to bed without supper.
__________10. Mrs. Woodlawn was especially upset that her sons had allowed their girl
cousin to be treated so badly.
__________11. Father did not witness Caddie’s disgrace and was not there to stop Mother’s
actions.
__________12. In Caddie’s family, one parent never interfered with the justice dealt out
by the other.
__________13. Annabelle’s tears had brought remorse to Caddie and a resolve to do better,
but the injustice of Mother’s punishment wiped those feelings away.
__________14. Caddie planned to run away with John’s dog, live in the woods, and then join
the Indians, where she would never have to become a lady.
__________15. In his talk with Caddie, Father admitted that he had been completely wrong
in allowing her to run wild.
__________16. Father asked Caddie if she had run with the colts long enough.
__________17. After crying in Father’s arms, Caddie fell asleep.
__________18. The next morning, Caddie realized she was no longer afraid of growing up.
__________19. Hetty apologized for telling on Caddie and promised not to be a tattler any
more.
__________20. Tom and Warren went unpunished for their part in the jokes endured by
Cousin Annabelle.
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Caddie Woodlawn
22: A Letter with a Foreign Stamp
Pages 248-259
______1.
The next morning, did Mother apologize to Caddie for her harsh punishment?
______2.
Did Cousin Annabelle graciously offer to teach Caddie, as well as Clara, the
new quilting pattern?
______3.
Did Caddie refuse to have anything to do with working on Clara’s quilt?
______4.
Did Tom and Warren join in and learn to make scrolls and roses on Clara’s quilt?
______5.
Did Mother order Tom and Warren to stop handling the quilt when Clara
complained that they were getting it dirty?
______6.
When Caddie began to take an interest in house work, did Tom and Warren
become interested as well?
______7.
On the hot August afternoon when he arrived from Dunnville with the large
envelope, did Father behave in his usual way?
______8.
When Father and Mother wanted to talk privately, did they go to the parlor and
close the door?
______9.
Did Cousin Annabelle recognize the stamps on the big letter Father had as
English?
_____10.
Did Cousin Annabelle hope to marry either a Boston clergyman or an English
Lord?
_____11.
Was Father’s news that he might be the next Lord Woodlawn?
_____12.
Could Father become Lord Woodlawn, be the owner of the large house with
peacocks on the lawn, and continue to live with his family in Wisconsin?
_____13.
Would the English estate and title be passed on to another distant relative if Father
decided not to accept it?
_____14.
Did Mother and Clara encourage Father to accept his English title and the wealth
that came with it?
_____15.
Did Father think his family should make a quick decision about going back to
England?
_____16.
If Caddie’s family moved to England, would it be several years before they would
have to leave Wisconsin?
_____17.
Did Hetty change her mind about telling Maggie Bunn the news when she
discovered that accepting the title and property would make her and her family
English?
_____18.
Was Cousin Annabelle in favor of the Woodlawn’s moving to England?
_____19.
Sitting in the barn and gazing at the stars, did Caddie understand that her old,
wild past had ended?
_____20.
Did Caddie wish for a new life with her family in England?
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Caddie Woodlawn
23: Pigeons or Peacocks—Pages 260-270
24: Travelers Return—Pages 271-273
______1.
Before they heard Father’s decision about England, Caddie’s family felt (A) sad,
(B) ill at ease, (C) eager to move on to a new life.
______2.
Annabelle asked Tom to (A) remember her when he was an English Lord,
(B) convince his father to accept the title, (C) give her a real riding lesson.
______3.
Tom assured Annabelle that he (A) didn’t care anything about England, (B) had
his girl picked, (C) couldn’t interfere with Father’s decision.
______4.
In Caddie’s dream about England, (A) her whole family was rich and happy,
(B) Indian John and his people were there also, (C) the Queen refused to allow
Caddie and the little red-haired boy in a sailor suit through her gate.
______5.
Father wanted the children to have a say in the decision about England because
(A) it was a matter of being rich Englishmen or free American citizens, (B) they
had all of their lives ahead of them and some idea of what they wanted,
(C) he didn’t want anyone to be angry if his decision did not please everyone.
______6.
Mother agreed that (A) the life she and Father had lived together had been worth
the living, (B) life as a rich English family would be easier than their present life,
(C) the children should make the final decision about England.
______7.
Which of the following was not a part of the Woodlawn’s decision-making process?
(A) Each family member, except baby Joe, wrote “Go” or “Stay” on a ballot and
placed it in the family Bible. (B) The children discussed the matter among
themselves and asked their parents as many questions as they wanted. (C) Each
family member had to explain why he/she voted “Go” or “Stay.”
______8.
Father instructed the children to consider above all (A) the advantages and
responsibilities of inheriting wealth, (B) the needs of the whole family, (C) what
would be best for their individual futures.
______9.
Annabelle predicted that (A) baby Joe would be a little English gentleman before
the day was over, (B) the children would not want to leave America, (C) Father
would decide to return to England.
_____10.
When he spoke of England before the family vote, Father (A) asked the children
to remember his experiences living there as a boy, (B) spoke of it more warmly
than they had ever heard before, (C) made living in America sound better than
life as English Lords.
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23: Pigeons or Peacocks—Pages 260-270
24: Travelers Return—Pages 271-273—continued
_____11.
In America, Father said, the Woodlawns would always (A) face new challenges
(B) have the satisfaction of knowing that what they had, they made for themselves,
(C) have less wealth than they would possess as titled Englishmen.
_____12.
Caddie, Warren, and Tom agreed that, like Father, they would (A) be proud to
reclaim the money and power that was wrongfully taken from them years ago,
(B) wouldn’t try to influence the way other family members voted, (C) rather be
free in a country where there were new things to do than be rich in a country
where everything was finished.
_____13.
Caddie and her brothers felt that Father would most likely vote with Mother,
Clara, Hetty, and Minnie which meant (A) moving to England, (B) staying in
America, (C) a tie vote, leaving the final decision up to Father.
_____14.
Caddie worried about (A) missing her friends, (B) never seeing Uncle Edmund
again, (C) John’s dog.
_____15.
Before the vote, Caddie (A) went off by herself to sit under a tree, (B) tried to
get Hetty to change her mind, (C) thought about running away.
_____16.
No matter where they lived, Caddie wanted to (A) grow into a find lady, (B) be
better chums with Hetty, (C) allow Father to vote for her.
_____17.
Everyone in the Woodlawn family voted to stay in America except (A) Mother,
(B) Father, (C) Clara.
_____18.
Mother’s vote was based on her feeling that (A) she never wanted her family to
be poor, (B) home was where her husband was, (C) her children should have
every possible advantage.
_____19.
What strange sight did the children witness after the vote? (A) Mother crying and
Father kissing her, (B) Annabelle crying in Father’s arms, (C) Mother hugging
Caddie and telling her she could be a tomboy as long as she wanted.
_____20.
To Caddie, the next Wisconsin fall was (A) too long in coming, (B) the most
beautiful she had ever seen, (C) the end of her years as a tomboy.
_____21.
Upon his returned, John (A) told Caddie many stories about his adventures in the
wilderness, (B) went straight to his dog and began petting him, (C) ate apple pie
at the Woodlawn’s kitchen table.
_____22.
What gift did Indian John bring to Caddie? (A) another dog, (B) a pair of
moccasins decorated with dyed porcupine quills, (C) a headdress for a princess.
_____23.
John’s dog left with him because (A) he was accustomed to following behind the
pony, (B) he knew John was his master, (C) Caddie told him to.
_____24.
Who besides the circuit rider came back to the Woodlawn farm? (A) Uncle
Edmund, (B) Nero, (C) John Hankinson’s wife.
_____25.
Waiting for the circuit rider to reach the gate, Caddie wondered if (A) folks
kept growing from one person into another all their lives, (B) he would notice
how much she had changed in a year, (C) she would someday move further
west and find herself returning to the farm.
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Caddie Woodlawn
Whole Book Test
______1.
Caddie and her family lived in (A) Wisconsin, (B) Minnesota, (C) Washington.
______2.
How many children were in the Woodlawn family? (A) five, (B) six, (C) seven.
______3.
Caddie’s family had moved west from (A) Chicago, (B) New York, (C) Boston.
______4.
Although her mother didn’t approve, Caddie was (A) allowed to do farm chores,
(B) a tomboy, (C) allowed to wear boys’ clothes.
______5.
Caddie’s constant companions were (A) her sisters Hetty and Clara, (B) her
brothers Tom and Warren, (C) her sister Hetty and her brother Warren.
______6.
Which of the Woodlawn children liked to tell on the others and carry news?
(A) Hetty, (B) Tom, (C) Clara.
______7.
Soon after her family moved west, (A) Caddie’s little sister Mary died, (B) the
settlement at Dunnville was attacked by Indians, (C) Mother grew extremely
homesick and wanted to move back east.
______8.
Which of the following was not something Caddie’s father did to earn a living?
(A) worked at the mill and on the farm, (B) repaired clocks, (C) harvested trees
and sold the lumber at the mill.
______9.
What war was in progress when Caddie’s story took place? (A) The French
and Indian War, (B) the Civil War, (C) the Revolutionary war.
_____10.
Caddie’s father did not fight in the war because he (A) didn’t live inside the
established borders of the United States, (B) was too old, (C) had paid another
man to fight in his place.
_____11.
What characteristic made the Woodlawn children different from other pioneer
children the Indians had seen? Their (A) freckles, (B) red hair, (C) large blue
eyes.
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Caddie Woodlawn—Whole Book Test—continued
_____12.
Caddie and Indian John (A) were friends, (B) often sat for hours talking to each
other, (C) had once gone hunting together.
_____13.
The circuit rider was (A) a preacher, (B) both a U.S. Marshall and a judge,
(C) Father’s friend from back east.
_____14.
Caddie’s father had been born in England (A) to poverty-stricken parents,
(B) in a mansion near London, (C) as the grandson of an English Lord.
_____15.
Tom Hankinson’s children were different in that their mother (A) was an Indian,
(B) had been killed in a massacree, (C) was from an aristocratic English family.
_____16.
When he came to visit the Woodlawns, Uncle Edmund (A) brought expensive
gifts for each of the children, (B) brought jokes and fun, (C) talked about his
childhood home in St. Louis.
_____17.
How did Uncle Edmund and many other visitors travel to Dunnville? They
(A) arrived on the Little Steamer, (B) rode in a stagecoach, (C) came in wagon
trains with a military escort.
_____18.
During Caddie’s lifetime, what animal was slowly disappearing because it was
being killed in large numbers by hunters? (A) wolves, (B) moose, (C) passenger
pigeons.
_____19.
During her hunting trip with Uncle Edmund, Caddie (A) learned to shoot,
(B) showed him how to track game, (C) almost drowned.
_____20.
To make up for the dangerous joke he played on Caddie, Uncle Edmund (A) gave
her a silver dollar, (B) helped the children build a birch bark canoe, (C) took all
the game he had killed to John Hankinson’s family.
_____21.
Uncle Edmund wanted to take Nero back to St. Louis with him (A) to be trained as
a bird dog, (B) as a companion through the winter months, (C) because he knew
the Woodlawns couldn’t afford to feed him through the winter.
_____22.
The Woodlawns ate turkey all winter, instead of only at Thanksgiving, because
(A) Father and Robert Ireton were able to hunt large numbers of them in the
area, (B) Mother refused to sell her birds at the low price she was offered at
market, (C) the Indians brought a great many of them to the Woodlawns in
exchange for the work Father did on their rifles
_____23.
How did Caddie feel about school? She (A) didn’t care for it, (B) loved it,
(C) wasn’t a good student, but she liked being with her friends.
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Caddie Woodlawn—Book Test—continued
_____24.
The Woodlawns went to school (A) from October to June, (B) for only three months
during the winder, (C) three winter months and two summer months.
_____25,
Which of the following was not true of Katie Hyman? (A) Tom liked her. (B) Her
mother did sewing for the Woodlawns. (C) She was as much a tomboy as Caddie.
_____26.
Obediah Jones was (A) a bully, and Caddie fought with him, (B) Miss Parker’s
best student, (C) the youngest boy at school.
_____27.
Father was never allowed to visit his aristocratic grandfather’s estate because
(A) his father fell in love and married a seamstress, (B) his father refused to go
into the family’s business, (C) his mother would not join the Anglican church.
_____28.
Caddie knew Tom gave Katie Hyman the “Rose Is Red” Valentine because (A) he
always told her his secrets, (B) she saw him place the card on Katie’s desk,
(C) she learned he was working to buy the Valentine at Dunnville store.
_____29.
Caddie shared a birthday with A) Abraham Lincoln, (B) Robert E. Lee, (C) George
Washington.
_____30.
When the rumor of a possible Indian attack came, Father (A) didn’t believe John
and his people would attack the settlers, (B) sent word to the nearest fort and
asked that soldiers be sent, (C) made plans to go talk to John.
_____31.
Caddie made a dangerous journey to the Indian camp when she (A) realized
John and his people were planning to attack, (B) overheard some men planning
to massacree the Indians, (C) was sure the soldiers wouldn’t arrive in time to
prevent a massacree.
_____32.
Before he moved westward, what two things did John leave with Caddie? His
(A) dog and pony, (B) scalp belt and moccasins, (C) dog and scalp belt.
_____33.
Caddie spent the silver dollar from Uncle Edmund on (A) food and supplies for
John’s tribe, (B) presents for Sam Hankinson’s children, (C) Christmas candy.
_____34.
On the last day of school, Warren gave his recitation incorrectly by saying, “If at
first you don’t fricassee, (A) Fry, fry a hen!” (B) Fry, fry again!” (C) Try, fry Amen!”
_____35.
The story of the farmer named Pee Wee, a favorite of the Woodlawn children,
was made up by (A) Tom, (B) Caddie, (C) Warren.
_____36.
Uncle Edmund’s letter to the Woodlawns said that Nero had (A) died, (B) run
away, (C) gone to live with a family where there were children.
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Caddie Woodlawn—Book Test—continued
_____37.
Shortly after the people of Dunnville learned that the war had ended, the circuit
rider brought news that (A) Wisconsin had been granted statehood, (B) Abraham
Lincoln had been killed, (C) some Southerners had refused to stop fighting.
_____38.
Caddie wondered if Hetty’s behavior was a result of (A) being smaller than the
others, (B) not being a good student, (C) feeling left out.
_____39.
The two heroes who saved the schoolhouse from a prairie fire were (A) John’s
dog and Obediah Jones, (B) Miss Parker and John’s dog, (C) Caddie and Tom.
_____40.
Cousin Annabelle was (A) from St. Louis, (B) older than any of the Woodlawn
children, (C) cultivated and full of city airs.
_____41.
Betsy was (A) the Woodlawn children’s favorite horse, (B) Caddie’s best friend,
(C) Cousin Annabelle’s sister.
_____42.
The trick that made Cousin Annabelle cry was (A) being knocked off Pete,
(B) being attacked by the sheep, (C) having an egg dropped down her back and
smashed in a somersault.
_____43.
Who did Mother punish for what happened to Annabelle? (A) Caddie, (B) Tom,
(C) Warren.
_____44.
Father’s wish for Caddie was that she grow into (A) a lady with fine clothes and
manners, (B) an independent person able to face any hardship, (C) a woman
with a wise, understanding heart, healthy body, and honest mind.
_____45.
The morning after the last trick on Annabelle, Caddie awoke knowing she
(A) never wanted to be a lady, (B) need not be afraid of growing up, (C) that
she would never like Cousin Annabelle.
_____46.
In order to claim Father’s right to the English title and wealth, the Woodlawn
family would have to (A) give up their American citizenship, (B) live in England
for six years, (C) be separated from each other for several months each year.
_____47.
What was Caddie, Tom, and Warren’s reason for wanting to stay in America?
They (A) didn’t want to leave their friends, (B) wanted to live where they were
new things to do and build, (C) thought Father and Mother really wanted to stay.
_____48.
Before they voted, Father asked the children to think about (A) what wealth could
do for them, (B) the farm, (C) what they wanted for their own futures.
_____49.
The Woodlawn’s voted to (A) stay in America, (B) visit the estate in England
during the summer, (C) let Father go to England.
_____50.
Besides the circuit rider, who else came back to the Woodlawn farm in the fall?
(A) Cousin Annabelle, (B) Nero, (C) Uncle Edmund.
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Caddie Woodlawn
Keys
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. True
10. False
11. True
12. True
13. False
14. True
15. True
16. True
17. True
18. True
19. True
20. False
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. B
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. True
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10. False
11. True
12. True
13. False
14. True
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16. False
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20. False
1. Yes
2. Yes
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9. Yes
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13. No
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20. No
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. C
20. B
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
1. turkey broth
2. the spelling bees
3. the mill at Eau Galle
4. salt pork
5. the circuit rider’s clock
6. snow drifts
7. Caddie
8. Father
9. Obediah
10. the mill at Eau Galle
11. heated stones
12. the attic
13. Tom and Warren
14. the spelling bees
15. Mother
16. Robert Ireton
17. the circuit rider’s clock
18. Mother
19. The Caroline table
20. Caddie
1. No
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. No
6. No
7. Yes
8. No
9. No
10. Yes
11. No
12. No
13. Yes
14. No
15. No
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. No
19. Yes
20. No
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. False
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. True
12. True
13. False
14. False
15. True
16. False
17. True
18. True
19. True
20. True
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. A
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Chapter 11
1. Mr. Woodlawn
2. the second day
3. Betsy
4. Mrs. Woodlawn
5. massacree
6. Indian John
7. New Ulm
8. the night
9. supplies
10. a rumor
11. Katie Hyman
12. the Woodlawn farm
13. ice
14. the cellar
15. Indian John
16. attacked the Indians
17. Mr. Woodlawn
18. Caddie
19. Caddie
20. massacree
Chapter 16
1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. A
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. B
16. C
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. B
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. C
12. C
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16. C
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18. B
19. A
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9. True
10. False
1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. No
9. No
10. No
Chapter 17
1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. No
11. Yes
12. No
13. Yes
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Chapter 18
1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. True
10. False
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Chapter 19
1. churning
2. Cousin Annabelle Gray
3. John’s Dog
4. Chimney Bluffs
5. Miss Annabelle Grey
6. Obediah Jones
7. summer berries
8. John’s Dog
9. the schoolhouse
10. the rattlesnake skeleton
11. Obediah Jones
12. the rattlesnake skeleton
13. Silas Bunn
14. cry
15. Obediah Jones
16. John’s Dog
17. Chimney Bluffs
18. Caddie
19. the cool box
20. the Indians
Caddie Woodlawn—Keys—Page 3
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. B
14. A
15. B
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. C
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. False
11. False
12. True
13. True
14. True
15. False
16. True
17. True
18. True
19. True
20. False
1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. Yes
7. No
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. No
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. No
16. No
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. Yes
20. No
Chapter 23-24
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. B
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. B
19. A
20. B
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21. C
22. B
23. C
24. B
25. A
Whole Book Test
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. A
18. C
19. C
20. A
21. A
22. B
23. B
24. C
25. C
26. A
27. A
28. C
29. C
30. A
31. B
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. C
39. A
40. C
41. A
42. C
43. A
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. B
48. C
49. A
50. B
About Your Teaching Guide. . .
The primary goal in creating the teaching packs for children’s novels is to provide a classroom-ready, nonthreatening method for checking student comprehension and stretching thinking skills. When used as a basic
guide for teaching a novel, the materials offer many and varied opportunities for learning.
Use your teaching pack as a guide and lead your students into discovering new ideas about . . . . .
THE PLOT
Each test page is actually an outline of the plot. In your teaching pack, the chain of related events that tell the
story has been pulled from the novel and reformatted into a series of questions. Whether they are aware of their
ability or not, all good readers sense the rhythm of the connected events that compose the plot; and
consequently comprehend the story. This “plot rhythm” is the basic structure of the tests.
To further your students’ understanding of plot, try the following activities:
Summarizing the Story: Using only the chapter questions as a guide, have your students write a summary of the
chapter. For a set of ten questions, limit the number of sentences they may write to seven. For twenty questions,
allow no more than twelve sentences.
Reporting the News: Have students write a newspaper article, based on the events from a set of questions, and
add the who, what, when, where, why format. Some needed information may be located in previous chapters.
Twisting the Plot: Choose one or two questions from each chapter and change its answer—true to false, no to
yes, or a different answer—and explain how changing a single (or several) events would change the story.
To further illustrate the rhythm of a good story, try changing the answers to one complete set of questions. Your
students will see how difficult, if not impossible, it is to tell a sensible story from a tangled set of events.
THE CHARACTERS
Questions that illustrate character motivation and personality are purposely included. Too often, when they
are asked to tell what kind of person a story character is, the only answer many of our students can muster is
“nice.”
In your efforts to remove “nice” from your students’ literary vocabulary, try this idea:
Character Charts: Display individual charts for the main characters. As the chapters are read, record facts,
behaviors, or events that relate to the each character. Then connect the items with several appropriate words
such as empathetic, brave, calloused, bold, untrustworthy, etc. The teacher can take the lead by contributing
the first few words and then assigning the task of identifying more terms to students. Record the word collections
on the charts with the story facts.
This information is a valuable student resource when displayed in the room for all to see and use during a
writing assignment. In creating and using character charts, students will soon begin writing more fluently and
insightfully about story personalities.
Use the charts to encourage your students to try some “predicting” or “detective” writing about what the
character(s) might do next or what might have happened after the story ended. Let the charts help your students
recognize CHARACTER CHANGE (dynamics).
Another fun activity with the charts is to match a book personality with a zodiac sign. Students must justify
their reason for thinking a character is a particular sign by citing his/her behaviors, words, reactions to situations,
etc. that prove the match.
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
(Implied Meaning)
Because the primary goal for the objective questions is basic comprehension, items requiring a student to
interpret an event or a character’s behavior are not included. Always included, however, are questions that
establish the existence of a story component carrying an implied meaning.
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MAKING PREDICTIONS
(Recognizing Story Clues)
Authors subtly place clues in the story line giving the reader hints as to what is about to happen. Like the
implied meaning, these clues are brought to the reader’s attention in the form of a question. Once a student
learns to spot the gems, his/her ability to comprehend and enjoy a story tends to leap forward.
Use “thinking-out-loud” class discussions to list all the possible meanings of the clue questions. Have your
student write their individual predictions (no sharing or telling), store the papers until the novel is finished, and
then retrieve them for reading. Sometimes, a wrong prediction makes a story as good as the original.
OTHER FUCTIONS
The objective test pages are excellent discussion guides for both whole groups and small groups. They work
well as homework reading guides and as conferencing tools. They are also useful management tools for teachers
who wish to use multiple titles in one classroom.
IMPROVING/DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILLS
Rather than always requiring your students to answer test questions on a printed page, surprise them (and
save paper!!) by occasionally doing the test orally.
Try this technique:
Student Rules for an Oral Test:
The teacher will read each question two times. No comments or questions that interrupt this initial phase of the
test are allowed.
When all questions have been read, individual students may ask for repeats of any
question he/she wishes to hear again.
No interruptions/comments during the re-reading part of the test.
Teacher Rules for an Oral Test:
The teacher will read each question two times. Except to remind students that a
re-reading phase will following after the last question, he/she will not respond to
comment/question during this period.
The teacher will repeat any and all questions (even if it results in reading the same
question multiple times).
(The second teacher rule is a vital part of the exercise. Asking for multiple repeats of a question does not
mean students aren’t paying attention. It does indicate their desire to understand and answer the question
correctly.)
As students become more comfortable and experienced with oral test-taking, the number of requests for
repeated questions will diminish. An added bonus to this technique is that skills learned in these testing periods
tend to translate into other situations where teacher-talking and student-listening are required components of
learning.
Final Note
The Novel Teaching Packs are designed for use as supplementary material that supports a total reading
program. It is my goal to provide busy teachers with a classroom-ready, practical resource loaded with
motivational and learning opportunities for their students. It is my hope that your purchase will prove to be a
hard-working instructional component for years to come. Thanks for choosing one of my products for your
classroom.
Margaret Whisnant, Author
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