ACROSS FIVE APRILS

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ACROSS FIVE APRILS

Across Five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
1965 Newbery Honor Book
Objective Tests Teaching Guide
by Margaret Whisnant
Objective Tests
with Answer Keys
for
Across Five Aprils
By Irene Hunt
1965 Newbery Honor Book
Objective Tests Teaching Guide
by Margaret Whisnant
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Table of Contents
Objective Tests
Chapter Tests
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ACROSS FIVE APRILS
By Irene Hunt
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Pages 7-26
Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank before each question.
______1. Ellen Creighton and her family lived in southern (A) Illinois, (B) Ohio, (C) Michigan.
______2. When the story began, Ellen and Jethro were planting (A) corn, (B) wheat, (C) potatoes.
______3. Of the twelve children Ellen Creighton had given birth to, (A) only Jethro lived at home,
(B) only two were boys, (C) three died within one week in 1852.
______4. To Ellen, it seemed that nine-year-old Jethro (A) was a perfect son, (B) was marked by
Destiny, (C) was smarter than his brothers and sisters.
______5. On that April morning in 1861, the adult world of trouble included (A) no money and last
summer's crop failure, (B) talk of war, (C) a severe food shortage.
______6. Shadrach was both Matt Creighton's farmhand and (A) the schoolmaster, (B) a surveyor,
(C) a member of the state legislature.
______7. Ellen thought of Shadrach as (A) a bad influence on Jethro, (B) a temporary acquaintance,
(C) a part of her family.
______8. Shadrach had a great interest in (A) Jethro's sister Jenny, (B) the issue of slavery,
(C) becoming a doctor.
______9. The purpose of Shad's trip into Newton was to (A) buy supplies for spring planting, (B) pick
up materials for Jenny's wedding, (C) get news from the world beyond their own land.
_____10. To Jethro, dread of war was (A) greatly exaggerated, (B) a womanly weakness, (C) wasted
worry.
_____11. Ellen worried that if war came, (A) the family would lose their land, (B) all her sons, except
Jethro, would be killed, (C) Jethro would leave to join the fight.
_____12. To cheer his mother as they worked in the fields, Jethro told her what he had learned in
school about (A) the Bible, (B) Columbus, (C) Copernicus.
_____13. Jethro was aware that there had been bad feelings between the adults in the area over
(A) the election of President Lincoln, (B) who owned the land bordering his parents’
property, (C) whether their state should be slave or free.
_____14. Although he didn't tell his mother, Jethro hoped (A) war would come soon, (B) war could be
avoided, (C) his family would join the Confederacy .
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_____15. The war stories Jethro remembered were about (A) the War for Independence, (B) men who
had lived through it, (C) his father's experience in the War of 1812.
_____16. In the winter of '59, Jethro's sister Mary (A) had been killed senselessly in an accident,
(B) had drowned at a church social, (C) had been murdered.
_____17. The mob that planned to hang Travis Burdow was stopped by (A) the local militia,
(B) Grandfather Burdow and his sons, (C) Matt Creighton's words.
_____18. Jethro felt resentment toward both President Lincoln and his father because they
(A) wouldn't express their opinions, (B) had no sympathy for the southern states, (C) were
hesitant to make a decision that might lead to bloodshed.
_____19. Jethro's family lived in a (A) sod house, (B) a log cabin, (C) a large house made of rough
lumber.
_____20. The garden near the family home was tended and harvested by Jethro's (A) mother,
(B) younger brothers, (C) sister, Jenny.
_____21. John's wife Nancy was (A) open, friendly, and well-liked by her husband's family,
(B) withdrawn, (C) jealous of the relationship John had with his family.
_____22. Which of the following was not a reason Bill Creighton was thought of as peculiar by people
in the area? He (A) went to school and read every book he could find, (B) took in injured
animals and nursed them back to health, (C) cared very little for hunting and nothing at all
for drinking.
_____23. Jethro's favorite brother was (A) John, (B) Tom, (C) Bill.
_____24. The noonday meal was prepared for the Creighton family by (A) Jenny, Jethro's sister,
(B) John's wife and Jethro's mother, (C) John's wife.
_____25. Ellen Creighton strove to (A) form a special bond with her daughter-in-law and
grandchildren, (B) make family ties firm and secure, (C) keep her husband and grown sons
on speaking terms.
_____26. What special food was there for Jethro at the dinner table? (A) lettuce, (B) apple pie, (C) wild
strawberry jam.
_____27. Jethro was allowed to eat at the first table with his parents and elder brothers because he
(A) was now a field worker, (B) was almost ten, (C) gave his usual place to John's two
children.
_____28. The adult luxury at the first table was (A) the first servings from all the food, (B) coffee,
(C) fresh fruit.
_____29. Jenny's father thought she was, at fourteen, (A) old enough to cook for the family without her
mother’s help, (B) the perfect age for marriage, (C) too young to be thinking about marrying
Shad or any other man.
_____30. Bill was unwilling to talk to his brother John about (A) war, (B) Jenny's relationship with
Shad, (C) Nancy's shyness and withdrawn behavior.
_____31. After John expressed his eagerness to see the city newspapers Shad would bring from
town, Jethro sensed that (A) his father and Bill agreed, (B) Nancy was worried about her
family in Kansas, (C) there was tension in the air.
_____32. To tease his mother, Jethro called her (A) "Maw Creighton," (B) "Mis' Creighton,"
(C) "Mother Creighton."
_____33. Both Jethro's mother and her nephew Wilse Graham were from (A) Tennessee ,
(B) Arkansas, (C) Kentucky.
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ACROSS FIVE APRILS
By Irene Hunt
2 Pages 27-36
Write either True or False in the blank before each statement.
___________1. John and Bill Creighton were glad to see their cousin Wilse Graham.
___________2. Because they were farmers, Jethro's family would not be affected if Kentucky
and Missouri joined the Confederacy.
___________3. Most of the folks in southern Illinois had ties with Missouri, Kansas, or
Tennessee.
___________4. Though he was from the South, Wilse was sympathetic and supportive of the
views held by the industrialized North.
___________5. Ellen Creighton felt slavery was wrong and that there should be a movement
against it.
___________6. If war came, Wilse believed England would help the South because it needed
cotton.
___________7. Wilse Graham did not own slaves, but he felt there was no sin when a master
treated his slaves kindly.
___________8. Bill hated slavery, but he also believed the issue was being used to cover the
greed that existed in the North.
___________9. Jethro's father argued that human nature was more decent and responsible
than it had been in the past.
__________10. Hearing his father speak of his growing into a man made Jethro even more
excited about the prospect of war.
__________11. Both John and Bill agreed that the South should be left alone, even if it
meant slavery would spread into every new territory.
__________12. The talk of slavery and war ceased at the table when Ellen demanded it.
__________13. Bill helped Jenny clear up after supper so his mother could rest.
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__________14. Jethro's family stayed up past their usual bedtime to wait for Shad's return.
__________15. Shad brought news that the Confederates had fired on Fort Sumter.
__________16. When he heard that Fort Sumter had surrendered to the Confederates,
Tom's comment was "You mean--our man gave in?"
__________17. During the fighting at Fort Sumter, the local people hid in their homes or
fled the area in terror.
__________18. It was Wilse Graham's opinion that Abe Lincoln planned the events at
Fort Sumter to make the South look bad.
__________19. Eb Carron intended to get into the fighting as quickly as he could.
__________20. Even though war had not been officially declared by Congress, President
Lincoln had asked for seventy-five thousand volunteers from the militias
of all the states.
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ACROSS FIVE APRILS
By Irene Hunt
3 Pages 37-46
Write either Yes or No in the blank before each question.
______1.
Was it in a Fourth-of-July atmosphere that the people of southern Illinois listened
to weekend speeches about the war?
______2.
Did Congressmen and hoop-skirted ladies drive out in carriages to witness the
Battle of Bull Run?
______3.
Did Union troops win the first battle of the war?
______4.
After the first battle, did Tom and Eb still boast that the south would be defeated in
one decisive swoop?
______5.
During the summer, did some people begin to think the South might have been
right in its boast that northern factory workers would be no match for their bronzed
outdoor men?
______6.
Did John and Shadrach plan to leave for the war by mid winter?
______7.
Did Bill talk about his plans to get involved in the fighting?
______8.
Shortly after Tom and Eb left, did the North win several important battles?
______9.
Did the battle at Wilson's Creek and the turmoil in Missouri spill over into southern
Illinois and into Jethro's family?
_____10.
Did Jethro have nightmares as a result of the stories he heard about Wilson’s
Creek?
_____11.
Did Bill roam the fields after bedtime because he couldn't sleep?
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_____12.
Was Bill so opposed to slavery that he was glad the war had finally started?
_____13.
In his thinking, did Bill try to see the war from both the North's and the South's
point of view?
_____14.
As a young boy, had Jethro gone to the graves on Walnut Hill and talked to his
three brothers who died the year he was born?
_____15.
Did Jethro visit Walnut Hill as often after Mary died and was buried there?
_____16.
Was Bill's face swollen and discolored because he had fought with John?
_____17.
For Jethro, did familiar sounds begin to take on overtones of wailing?
_____18.
Did Bill decide to leave and fight for the South?
_____19.
Did Bill warn Jethro that there would be many things he would have to endure in
the coming years?
_____20.
Did Jethro watch Bill as he departed and began his long journey?
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ACROSS FIVE APRILS
By Irene Hunt
4 Pages 47-64
______1.
It was in February, 1862, that Jethro became familiar with the name (A) George
McClellan, (B) Andrew Jackson, (C) Ulysses S. Grant.
______2.
As news of northern victories arrived, nearly everyone thought the war (A) was
well worth the loss of lives, (B) would be over in a matter of weeks, (C) would be
won by the North.
______3.
Ellen asked Jethro to read the letter from Tom because she (A) was shaking
so badly, (B) couldn't read, (C) was crying.
______4.
In his letter, Tom reported that some of his comrades froze to death because
(A) they had thrown away blankets and heavy coats to lighten their loads, (B) the
army had not issued the proper clothing, (C) the weather turned bitterly cold
without warning.
______5.
After hearing Tom's letter, Ellen (A) cried uncontrollably, (B) stared into space,
(C) went into the pantry and closed the door.
______6.
Ellen asked Jethro to take Tom's letter and go visit (A) Shad, (B) her relatives
in Kentucky, (C) the local minister.
______7.
How did Jenny's parents feel about her wish to marry Shad before he left for the
war? (A) Her mother would agree, but her father said she was too young. (B) They
both thought it was a good idea. (C) Her mother was against it, but her father had
no opinion.
______8.
A log room had been built onto the school as Shad's living quarters because
(A) the local people thought it inappropriate for him to live where there were young
women, (B) the school was five miles from the nearest house, (C) he complained
about the lack of privacy in boarding with different families throughout the district.
______9.
Which of the following was not something Shadrach had in his living quarters?
(A) a guitar, (B) a collection of silver candlesticks, (C) books from college.
_____10.
Concerning the question of whether he and Jenny should be married, Shad felt
that Matthew Creighton was being (A) fair, (B) the best father he could,
(C) tyrannical.
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_____11.
Shad planned to go back to Philadelphia and become a soldier because he A) felt
he had to do it, (B) wanted to do his part to end slavery, (C) knew it was the only
way he could earn a living during the war.
_____12.
Shad believed the war would (A) be over soon, (B) not be over soon, (C) most
likely be won by the South.
_____13.
The Union victories at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry were important because
they (A) proved the northern troops could defeat the Confederate army,
(B) cut the Confederate river and railway supply line, (C) brought a large section
of Ohio and Kansas under Union control.
_____14.
Because of the Union victories at Forts Henry and Donelson, the state of
Kentucky (A) attached itself to the Confederacy, (B) was occupied by troops from
both sides, (C) came to the Union side
_____15.
Shad explained to Jethro how Union control of the Mississippi River would
(A) keep Illinois and Ohio safe from invasion, (B) split the Confederacy in half,
(C) bring a quick end to the war.
_____16.
While Grant led successful battles against the Confederacy in the West, General
McClellan in the East (A) waited week after week, (B)lost every battle,(C) followed
President Lincoln's orders to move South.
_____17.
In the winter of 1862, in addition to the war, Abraham Lincoln had to deal with
(A) the death of his eleven-year-old son, (B) a shortage of troops and supplies,
(C) threats on the lives of his wife and children.
_____18.
To the end of his days, Jethro remembered Shad's rebuke for calling (A) Northern
soldiers "Yankees," (B) his father "Old Matt," (C) Abraham Lincoln "Ol' Abe."
_____19.
Even though he knew Bill tried to find the truth, Jethro felt he (A) should have
stayed out of the war, (B) wasn't right in his thinking, (C) shouldn't have argued
with John.
_____20.
When the war was over, Shadrach planned for Jethro to (A) live with him and
Jenny, go to school, and later attend a university, (B) become his assistant and a
teacher, (C) travel to Washington, D.C., and meet Abraham Lincoln.
_____21.
What possession did Shad leave with Jethro? (A) his gun, (B) a set of carpentry
tools inherited from his grandfather, (C) his books.
_____22.
It was Shadrach's opinion that Jenny (A) had a mind of her own, (B) would be an
obedient wife, (C) would manage to talk her father into changing his mind.
_____23.
Shadrach hoped that, while he was gone, Jenny would (A) read all the books
in his collection, (B) not grow to like some other fellow, (C) convince her father
to begin building a home for them.
_____24.
The strange song that Jethro sang after supper (A) had been passed down from
generation to generation in Kentucky, (B) was about the strong love between two
sweethearts, (C) was sometimes part of Sunday church services.
_____25.
As he fell asleep, Jethro (A) worried about the fate of Shad and John, (B) kept
thinking about the words of the song he had sung, (C) remembered flashes of
things from the day.
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ACROSS FIVE APRILS
By Irene Hunt
5 Pages 65-89
______1.
Ellen's headaches were caused by her (A) anxiety over the possibility of losing her
sons in the war, (B) poor eyesight, (C) physical dependency on coffee.
______2.
Jethro was happy when his father asked him to go into Newton and do some
chores because (A) he wanted to get away from home, (B) it meant he could bring
back news of the war, (C) it was a man's job.
______3.
When Jethro left in the early dawn for Newton, how many miles did he have to
travel? (A) 5, (B) 10, (C) 15.
______4.
Jethro became angry when Jake Roscoe said (A) it was a sorry thing about Bill
joining the Rebs, (B) Jethro was too young to drive a wagon, (C) fighting for the
Yankees showed poor judgment.
______5.
Jake Roscoe was interested in the battle at Pea Ridge because he (A) had
relatives living in the area, (B) thought his grandson had been involved, (C) was
planning to make a trip there.
______6.
Jethro urged the team to trot past the Burdow place because he (A) felt the power
of evil there, (B) was afraid one of the Burdows would rob him, (C) knew his
mother hated them.
______7.
Which of the following was not a chore Jethro took care of in town? He (A)
exchanged chickens for calico, thread, and mittens, (B) sold corn and used the
money to buy food and supplies, (C) bought candy for his mother and sister.
______8.
To Jethro, Dave Burdow looked as if he (A) had lived in filth for a lifetime, (B) could
whip any man in the place, (C) enjoyed talking to the other men.
______9.
At the store, one of the men asked Jethro if (A) his brother Bill was fighting with
the Rebs, (B) Matt Creighton was sick, (C) Shad intended to fight for the Union.
_____10.
Who came to Jethro's rescue when he was being taunted by Guy Wortman?
(A) Dave Burdow, (B) the preacher, (C) Ross Milton, the editor of the county
paper.
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_____11.
Jethro's answer to Guy Wortman was that no matter where Bill was, (A) it was
nobody's business, (B) he thought more of his brother than anybody else in the
world, (C) he was following what he thought was the truth.
_____12.
Ross Milton used crutches because he (A) had a broken leg, (B) was crippled
with arthritis, (C) had been wounded in the War of 1812.
_____13.
The store owner suggested that Guy Wortman should join the fighting instead
of (A) threatening young boys, (B) loafing around drunk in his store, (C) always
worrying about how the war would end.
_____14.
Which of the following was not something Mr. Milton did for Jethro? (A) had his
team of horses watered and fed, (B) took him to a restaurant for dinner, (C) sent
extra supplies to his family.
_____15.
Jethro confessed to Mr. Milton that he would like to (A) learn to talk nice, (B) go
south to search for Bill, (C) be a newspaper man.
_____16.
Ross Milton warned Jethro that (A) he should wait until morning to make the trip
home, (B) Guy Wortman could cause trouble for him, (C) his mother wouldn't like
hearing about the food in the restaurant.
_____17.
Mr. Milton gave Jethro a copy of the book he wrote on (A) General McClellan,
(B) the value of reading, (C) proper speech.
Though Illinois had long been a free state, there were thousands of citizens
(A) with ties to the South, (B) who refused to take sides, (C) who secretly kept
slaves.
In the stretch of woods past the Burdow place, Jethro encountered (A) Dave
Burdow, (B) Guy Wortman, (C) Union deserters.
_____18.
_____19.
_____20.
In spite of his fear and anger toward his uninvited visitor, Jethro remembered
his father's advice to (A) protect what was his, (B) keep a level head and use
gumption, (C) give up everything to stay alive.
_____21.
On the bridge near the north end of the woods, someone tried to harm Jethro by
(A) frightening his horses, (B) hitting him with a whip, (C) shooting one of the
horses.
_____22.
After the attack, Jethro (A) could not speak, (B) was ashamed to be seen with
Dave Burdow, (C) felt he could have handled the situation alone.
_____23.
Dave Burdow rode with Jethro because he knew (A) Guy Wortman was waiting
for him and intended to do harm, (B) Jethro had no gun, (C) it would make Matt
Creighton angry.
_____24.
When he saw the light from his kitchen window, Jethro (A) fainted from
exhaustion, (B) cried, (C) began shouting.
_____25.
Before he and his family went to bed, Jethro (A) lied about the danger he had
been in so his mother wouldn't worry, (B) told the story about Guy Wortman and
Dave Burdow, (C) made his father promise not to talk about Bill to anyone.
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By Irene Hunt
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Pages 90-107
___________1. After learning of Jethro's experiences during his trip to Newton, neither Matt
nor Ellen slept well.
___________2. Because of all the heartaches she had endured, Ellen secretly wished she had
not married Matt Creighton in 1830.
___________3. Before Matt could make the trip to Newton, Ellen found him at the gate, lying
unconscious with one hand clutching his left chest.
___________4. After his father's illness, Jethro, at the age of ten, found himself the man of the
family.
___________5. Jethro felt his parents should know about the loss of life suffered by Grant's
army at Pittsburg Landing in Tennessee.
___________6. As he recovered from his illness, Matt Creighton asked more often for news
about the war.
___________7. Ed Turner promised to send one of his boys and some of Matt Creighton's
friends to help Jethro work the fields.
___________8. Jenny helped Jethro work the fields.
___________9. Jethro thought President Lincoln should fire Grant because he had allowed the
Rebs to surprise him at Pittsburg Landing.
__________10. Jenny admitted she thought about the war and her brothers who might be
involved in the terrible battles.
__________11. Day after day, Jethro and Jenny toiled in the fields with no outside help.
__________12. Matt Creighton had always praised his children for the hard work they did on
the farm.
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__________13. The letter from Shadrach Yale was a love letter to Jenny rather than news for
the whole family.
__________14. Jenny, as was the custom, read every word of Shad's letter to her family.
__________15. Jethro became more at ease with Nancy, and her children grew fond of him.
__________16. Shiloh was the name of a small church near Pittsburg Landing.
__________17. Because of her loneliness, Nancy found it becoming easier for her to talk to
folks.
__________18. When he came in from the field, Jethro quickly accepted Jenny's offer to
unhitch and water the horses.
__________19. When Jethro was awakened by a nightmare, it was his father who came to
comfort him.
__________20. The three riders, who came to Matt Creighton's home in the middle of the
night, left a bundle of switches with a warning note.
__________21. For three weeks, Matt Creighton's neighbors took turns guarding his house
during the night.
__________22. Nancy, frightened at being alone, came with her children to stay with her
husband's family.
__________23. Jethro's family was terrified when their big shepherd dog disappeared.
__________24. As he stood in the doorway watching his barn burn, Matt Creighton cursed and
vowed to get even.
__________25. Jethro discovered coal oil in the family's well.
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7 Pages 108-118
______1.
Did men from all over the county come to Matt Creighton's aid the spring of
1862?
______2.
Did the dog, given to the family by one of Ed Turner's boys, sleep at the foot of
Jethro's bed?
______3.
Did Jethro’s family learn of Tom’s death at Pittsburg Landing in a letter from Danny
Lawrence?
______4.
Did Ross Martin print an open letter in his paper about Tom's death and the harm
that had been done to Matt Creighton's family?
______5.
Was Tom Creighton twenty-four years old when he died?
______6.
Did Matt Creighton write the date and place of Tom's death in the family Bible?
______7.
Had Jethro's father entered the July, 1852, deaths of his three brothers in the
family Bible?
______8.
When the disease that killed Jethro's brothers struck, had Matt and Ellen
Creighton insisted that their children stay together at all costs?
______9.
Did Jethro have older twin sisters and an older brother who were strangers to
him?
_____10.
Did Jenny's mood become cheerful when Jethro pointed to the place in the
Bible where she would record her wedding to Shad?
_____11.
In the summer of 1862, were there many opportunities for recreation and
laughter in Jasper County?
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_____12.
Did Sam Gardiner, the store keeper, speak his anger about the wrong done to
Matt Creighton by Guy Wortman?
_____13.
Were Sam Gardiner's store, the newspaper office, and the saloon vandalized
on the same night?
_____14.
Did Sam Gardiner fool the Wortmans by pretending to leave town for a week?
_____15.
Did the buckshot from Sam Gardiner's gun strike Guy Wortman in the chest and
arm?
_____16.
Did Ross Milton's newspaper story about Guy Wortman's troubles elevate him to
the role of a hero among his friends?
_____17.
Was General Grant demoted after the battle of Pittsburg Landing?
_____18.
Had the Union General Halleck captured thousands of Confederate soldiers when
his troops occupied the city of Corinth?
_____19.
Did Jethro hold a deep admiration for the intelligence and skills of the northern
generals he read about?
_____20.
In the late summer of 1862, did people in high places, including President Lincoln,
have total confidence in the Union generals and their leadership abilities?
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Pages 119-127
___________1. By keeping track of Union victories and studying a map of the Mississippi
River, Jethro could see that the Confederacy was being cut in two as Shad
predicted.
___________2. Even in 1862, Jethro realized how important the battle of Shiloh, where
Tom died, had been to the Union cause.
___________3. In Tennessee, Confederate Generals Bragg and Smith appeared to be on
the verge of reclaiming Kentucky for the South.
___________4. In August of 1862, Confederate Generals Lee and Jackson defeated the
Federals during a second battle of Bull Run.
___________5. In the fall of 1862, lack of confidence in President Lincoln and the Union's
leaders resulted in a flood of desertions among the Northern armies.
___________6. It was early spring before men from the area came to build a new barn for
Matt Creighton.
___________7. Dave Burdow sent a load of logs he had cut to help build the Creighton's
new barn.
___________8. Even though Dave Burdow had saved Jethro's life, people still refused to
associate with him.
___________9. As Jethro listened, the men who came for the barn building spoke of their
admiration for the Union General McClellan.
__________10. General McClellan was known for the lightning speed at which he moved
his troops into battle and his relentless pursuit of General Lee's army.
__________11. Some people wondered if Abraham Lincoln, who had ties to Kentucky,
really wanted to win the war.
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__________12. It was difficult for Jethro not to speak when one of the men suggested that
the war was not affecting him because he was a young boy.
__________13. Shadrach Yale experienced his first battle with McClellan's army at
Antietam.
__________14. According to Shad's letter, General McClellan was not well-liked by his men.
__________15. As a man, Jethro would learn how the battle of Antietam was a waste of
life and lost opportunity for the North.
__________16. President Lincoln relieved General McClellan of his duties the fall of 1862.
__________17. Shadrach survived the battle of Fredericksburg where thousands of Union
soldiers died.
__________18. General Ambrose Burnsides won the total respect and admiration of his men
at Fredericksburg.
__________19. In his letter, John wrote that the things he had seen made him hate war.
__________20. Although everyone was discouraged during the last days of 1862 and early
1863, it still appeared that the Union would soon be victorious.
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9 Pages 128-147
______1.
Point Prospect campground south of Rose Hill was said to be swarming with
(A) Rebel sympathizers, (B) deserters, (C) draft dodgers.
______2.
It was not uncommon for men who did not want to fight to (A) escape to Canada,
(B) pretend to be too old for the draft, (C) hire a substitute to go to war for him.
______3.
Hig Phillips' murder (A) was considered an act of justice, (B) terrorized the
people of the area, (B) was fully investigated by the local constable.
______4.
Nancy and her children (A) moved back to their own farm, (B) made plans to
move to Ohio, (C) decided to continue living with Matt Creighton.
______5.
The officers who came one night in February of '63 brought news that Eb
(A) was missing in action, (B) had been badly wounded, (C) was a deserter.
______6.
Jenny reacted to the soldier's presence (A) with anger, (B) by crying and asking
to be left alone, (C) clinging to her mother.
______7.
When Jenny mentioned Point Prospect to them, the soldiers (A) seemed to be
surprised, (B) asked for more information, (C) looked uncomfortable.
______8.
The soldiers made fun of Jethro's (A) speech, (B) walk, (C) clothing.
______9.
In the spring of '65, when he went to plow, Jethro (A) carried a rifle, (B) had
only one horse, (C) didn't have enough seed and fertilizer to do a proper job.
_____10.
Jethro went into the woods next to the field where he was plowing because
(A) he planned to hunt for game, (B) the call of a wild turkey sounded each time
he passed by, (C) he wanted to escape the hot sun for a few minutes.
_____11.
Which of the following described Eb's appearance when Jethro found him?
(A) a very old man, (B) the skeleton of a Union soldier, (C) proud and defiant.
_____12.
Which of the following was not a reason Eb refused to visit Matt and Ellen
Creighton? (A) It could get them into awful trouble. (B) He felt he was being
followed. (C) He thought they wouldn't want to see him because he was a
deserter.
_____13.
Eb came back home because he (A) thought Uncle Matt would be willing to
help him hide from the authorities, (B) wanted to see the place where he used
to be happy, (C) needed food and new clothing.
_____14.
Eb admitted that he lost his spirit when (A) General McClellan was fired, (B) his
group was defeated at Pittsburg Landing, (C) Tom was killed.
_____15.
Eb wished he could (A) go back to his outfit and rejoin the fighting, (B) hide with
the other deserters at Point Prospect, (C) help Jethro with the plowing.
_____16.
Because he was a deserter, Eb knew (A) no one could help him, (B) he must
move South, (C) he would feel like a coward for the rest of his days.
_____17.
Jethro was caught between wanting to help Eb and (A) being afraid of getting
caught, (B) feeling disloyal to Tom and other men who fought bravely, (C) asking
his father to make the final decision.
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_____18.
The person who guessed that Jethro had seen Eb was (A) his father, (B) his
mother, (C) Jenny.
_____19.
Jethro managed to convince Jenny he was (A) worried about the crops, (B) tired
from working so hard, (C) sick because he had been smoking.
_____20.
Because he could think of no other way to help, Jethro wrote a letter on Eb's
behalf to (A) General McClellan, (B) Abraham Lincoln, (C) General Burnsides.
_____21.
One thing Jethro refused to take to Eb was (A) eggs, (B) extra blankets,
(C) his mother's coffee.
_____22.
Jethro knew Eb was not planning to leave because (A) there was no where for
him to go, (B) he was too ill to travel, (C) he was certain to be caught.
_____23.
Jethro worried that what he was doing was not right, and (A) the Federal
Registrars would come after him, (B) he should have told his father about Eb,
(C) his whole family could be put in danger because of his actions.
_____24.
Which of the following was not a reason Abraham Lincoln was interested in
Jethro's letter? (A) It was from his home state of Illinois. (B) He hadn't been
able to make a decision about the problem of desertion. (C) He had an affection
for boys Jethro's age.
_____25.
President Lincoln decided upon a plan that allowed deserters who reported
to a certain point by April 1 to be (A) given a short prison sentence, (B) taken
back into the army with a raise in pay, (C) restored to their regiments without
punishment except for no pay for the period of their absence.
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10 Pages 148-159
.
______1. Was General Joseph Hooker able to gain a Union victory over Robert E. Lee at
Chancellorsville?
______2. In his letter, did Shadrach write about how he was wounded at Chancellorsville?
______3. Was Shad confident that, after the war, he and Jenny would have a long life
together?
______4. In his letter, was John as gloomy and sick of war as Shad?
______5. After he was reunited with his regiment, did Eb go to Mississippi near the town of
Vicksburg?
______6. Was General Grant well-liked by President Lincoln and most of the country's
newspaper editors?
______7. Were there rumors that General Grant had problems with drunkenness?
______8. Did President Lincoln fire General Joseph Hooker and place General George
Meade in command of the Army of the Potomac?
______9. Because it seemed no one could defeat him, had General Robert E. Lee become a
fearful legend for the North?
_____10. After the bloody battle at Gettysburg, did the Union army pursue Lee's army and
attempt to crush it?
_____11. Was Grant elevated to the status of hero once again when he cut off all supplies
to Vicksburg and starved the Confederates into surrender?
_____12. Did Jenny, as well as Jethro, study from Ross Milton's book on English usage?
_____13. Was Shad seriously wounded at Gettysburg?
_____14. Did the family learn of Shad’s fate from his aunt who lived in Washington, D.C.?
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_____15. Did Matt Creighton give permission for Ross Milton to take Jenny to see Shad?
_____16. After Ross Milton and Jenny left for Washington, did Jethro go to Shad's room
adjoining the schoolhouse?
_____17. Did Matt Creighton force Jethro to go to school even though he didn't like the
teacher who had replaced Shad?
_____18. Did Jenny's presence give Shad the will to live?
_____19. Upon Ross Milton's request, did Matt and Ellen give permission for their daughter
to marry Shadrach Yale?
_____20. Did Jenny ask Jethro to record her marriage to Shad in the family Bible?
_____21. Did Aunt Victoria refuse to allow Jenny to work in the hospital?
_____22. In one of her letters, did Jenny describe Washington as being the most beautiful city
she had ever seen?
_____23. Did Jethro read Jenny's letters over and over and feel that, in Shad's recovery,
he had been granted a gift?
_____24. In his letter to Jenny, did Jethro ask Shad what he thought about General Grant
being the top man in the army?
_____25. Did Jenny keep Jethro's letter all her life?
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11 Pages 160-173
______1. Before they received John's letter in December of '63, were Nancy and Jethro
aware of the bitter fighting that had taken place at Chickamauga?
______2. After his soldiers held out against an army twice their number, was General George
Thomas referred to as "The Rock of Chickamauga?"
______3. Were the Union troops victorious at Chickamauga?
______4. After Chickamauga, was John's army close to starvation?
______5. Were John and his fellow soldiers grateful and happy to see the reinforcements
when they finally arrived?
______6. Did John want his family to know, regardless of what the newspapers said, that
it was his Army of the Cumberland that broke Bragg's line at Missionary Ridge?
______7. Did Jethro refuse to talk to John's sons about the battles their father had been
involved in?
______8. Was Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg applauded by all newspapers as something
that would live among the annals of man?
______9. Did both the Union and the Confederacy support Lincoln's December, 1863,
proclamation of amnesty, which offered pardons to individual southerners and
Confederate states?
_____10. Did Jethro's family approve of President Lincoln's spirit of clemency?
_____11. Did some in the North see Lincoln's proclamation of amnesty as little better than
treason?
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_____12. Did Jethro think President Lincoln made a terrible mistake when he placed General
Grant in command of all the armies of the United States?
_____13. In his letter to Jethro, did Shad describe President Lincoln as looking twenty years
older than his pictures at the beginning of the war?
_____14. Even though things were not going well for the North and casualties were high, did it
seem almost certain that President Lincoln would be reelected?
_____15. When he first met Robert E. Lee in battle, was General Grant victorious?
_____16. Were Grant and McClellan different in that Grant would not give up?
_____17. Were there people who wanted to stop the human slaughter by bringing about
peace and allowing the Southern states to form a separate country?
_____18. Did the Democrats nominate George B. McClellan to run against Abraham Lincoln
in the1864 presidential election?
_____19. Was the North encouraged when news came of Admiral Farragut's capture of
Mobile and the fall of Atlanta to William Sherman?
_____20. With victory appearing to be near, was Abraham Lincoln reelected president?
_____21. Did all of Lincoln's home state of Illinois vote in his favor?
_____22. After the excitement of the election, did General Sherman and his army become lost
in a mysterious silence?
_____23. Was John involved in the fighting around Nashville, Tennessee, the winter of 1864?
_____24. Did John find Bill when he was put in charge of feeding Rebel prisoners?
_____25. Had Bill been at Pittsburg Landing when Tom was killed?
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___________1. In December, 1864, General Sherman wired President Lincoln and presented
the city of Savannah to him as a Christmas gift.
___________2. In its march from Atlanta to the sea, Sherman's army encountered a lot of
resistance and brutal fighting.
___________3. Many people thought the South deserved the terrible destruction brought on
by General Sherman and his army.
___________4. In a letter, Ed Turner's boy described how Union soldiers laughed as they
burned and looted Columbia, South Carolina.
___________5. Even though it was starving, without railroads and seaports, and in its
death throes, the South would not admit defeat.
___________6. In early 1865, Jethro turned thirteen.
___________7. Matt and Ellen Creighton didn't notice the changes that had come over Jethro
during the war.
___________8. Ross Milton predicted that peace would be welcomed by both sides and
recovery from the destruction would be rapid.
___________9. All his life, Jethro had either heard talk of war or experienced its reality, and
he longed for peace.
__________10. Ross Milton hoped Abraham Lincoln could stop the tide of hate and revenge
and restore dignity to the South.
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__________11. Illinois was the first state to ratify the thirteenth amendment, which abolished
slavery.
__________12. Mr. Hilton believed that people of good will in the North would educate
former slaves and help them take their rightful place in society.
__________13. The war ended the second week of its fifth April.
__________14. Because of the terrible loss of life, there was no celebration in Newton at the
war's end.
__________15. John's children did not remember what their father looked like.
__________16. In April, 1865, while Jethro was plowing the fields, Nancy brought word that
President Lincoln had been killed.
__________17. Jethro sometimes cried when he remembered the closing lines in his letter
from Abraham Lincoln.
__________18. Jethro's work on the farm prevented him from traveling the hundred miles to
Springfield to see President Lincoln.
__________19. When he saw Shadrach Yale again, Jethro was lying in the grass on Walnut
Hill.
__________20. Shad remarked how much Jethro had grown to look like Tom.
__________21. Shad and Jenny saw President Lincoln the night he was killed.
__________22. John was expected home in a few weeks.
__________23. Shad planned to teach school again the next winter and take Jethro back as
his student.
__________24. Both Jethro and Shad expected Bill to return by the end of summer.
__________25. When Jethro saw his sister again, she was not the same Jenny.
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Whole Book Test
______1.
Jethro and his family lived in southern (A) Illinois, (B) Ohio, (C) Maryland.
______2.
When the story began, Jethro was (A) eleven, (B) ten, (C) nine.
______3.
Jethro was born the same year (A) his three older brothers died within a week
of each other, (B) Shadrach Yale came to Newton, (C) the Dread Scott case
was decided.
______4.
What was special about Walnut Hill? (A) The Indians thought it was sacred.
(B) Jethro's three brothers and sister were buried there. (C) It was Ellen
Creighton's favorite place on their property.
______5.
Of the twelve children Ellen had given birth to, which one did she favor? (A) Bill,
(B) Jenny, (C) Jethro.
______6.
Which of the following was not true of Shadrach Yale? (A) He taught school
in the winter and worked as a farmhand for Matt Creighton in the summer.
(B) He and Jenny Creighton were sweethearts. (C) He was from Tennessee.
______7.
Mary Creighton died (A) from pneumonia the winter of '59, (B) in an accident
caused by Travis Burdow, (C) while she was visiting her mother's relatives in
Kentucky.
______8.
Jethro's favorite brother was (A) Bill, (B) Tom, (C) John.
______9.
Eb Carron was (A) Matt Creighton's nephew, (B) Ellen Creighton's nephew,
(C) Shadrach Yale's cousin.
_____10.
Which of Ellen Creighton's sons had been very close to one another since they
were children? (A) John and Tom. (B) Mary and Jenny. (C) John and Bill.
_____11.
The Creightons got most of their information about the war from (A) Jed Turner,
(B) newspapers, (C) letters from relatives.
_____12.
Where the Creightons lived, many folks (A) had roots in the South, (B) were
not concerned with the issue of slavery, (C) kept to themselves and didn't want
to get involved in the war.
_____13.
At Bull Run, the first battle of the war, (A) the Southern army turned and ran,
(B) carriages full of spectators, including congressmen and ladies, drove out to
watch the battle, (C) General McClellan became a hero for the North.
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_____14.
Although both John and Bill were against slavery, they disagreed over (A) the
election of Abraham Lincoln, (B) the South's right to live without Northern
interference, (C) using violence to bring about change.
_____15.
Which one of Jethro's brothers did not join the Union army? (A) Bill,
(A) Tom, (C) John.
_____16.
At the beginning of the war, Matt Creighton wouldn't allow Jenny to marry
Shad because he (A) didn't like Shad, (B) knew Ellen would need her daughter,
(C) thought she was too young, at fourteen, for marriage.
_____17.
Many people thought the war (A) would be over in a short time, (B) would prove
that Northern views on slavery were right, (C) wasn't worth the lives it would
cost to put an end to slavery.
_____18.
The northern general who was loved by his troops but was relieved of command
because of his inability to move quickly was (A) Ambrose Burnsides, (B) George
McClellan, (C) Ulysses S. Grant.
_____19.
The Union general who was eventually given command of all northern troops
was (A) Robert E. Lee, (B) George McClellan, (C) Ulysses S. Grant.
_____20.
The Confederate general who appeared to be undefeatable was (A) Jeff Davis,
(B) Robert E. Lee, (C) Stonewall Jackson.
_____21.
President Abraham Lincoln (A) was criticized and hated by people in the North
as well as the South, (B) had the full support of northerners as well as many
southern sympathizers, (C) was always confident the North would win the war.
_____22.
When he left for the war, Shad (A) asked Jenny to marry him, (B) predicted he
would return soon, (C) left his books with Jethro and Jenny.
_____23.
Ross Milton was (A) the owner of a store in Newton, (B) a personal friend of
Abraham Lincoln, (C) the editor of a county newspaper.
_____24.
On his return trip from Newton, Jethro's life was saved by (A) Ross Milton,
(B) Dave Burdow, (C) Guy Wortman.
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_____25.
Ross Milton gave Jethro a book he had written on (A) the Revolutionary War,
(B) Abraham Lincoln, (C) speaking properly.
_____26.
Shortly after Jethro's trip to Newton, Matt Creighton (A) had a heart attack,
(B) almost died of pneumonia, (C) was badly injured in a fall.
_____27.
How old was Jethro when he suddenly found himself the man of the family?
(A) 24, (B) 12, (C) 10.
_____28.
Who helped Jethro plow the fields? (A) his mother, (B) Jenny, (C) Ross Milton.
_____29.
Jethro became angry with Jenny when she refused to (A) bring food to him in
the fields, (B) read all of Shad's letter to the family, (C) try to get along with
Nancy.
_____30.
During their father's absence, John's two sons (A) grew fond of Jethro, (B) were
sent to Washington to live with their aunt, (C) helped Jethro in the fields.
_____31.
Matt Creighton's barn was burned because he (A) refused to loan grain to Guy
Wortman, (B) supported Bill's decision, (C) wouldn't take sides in the war.
_____32.
Jethro's brother Tom (A) was reported missing, (B) died in the battle of
Pittsburg Landing, (C) deserted and found his way to California.
As he received news of battles and studied maps, Jethro saw that Shad had been
correct when he predicted the North would (A) try to take control of the Mississippi
and cut the South in two, (B) have a difficult time defeating the South because of
its railroad system, (C) never be able to defeat the armies led by Robert E. Lee.
_____33.
_____34.
Guy Wortman was humiliated when (A) it was discovered that his brother was a
Southern sympathizer, (B) he was caught pouring coal oil in Matt Creighton's well,
(C) he was shot in the back side while trying to vandalize a store.
_____35.
In one of his letters, John wrote that the suffering and scenes of death he had
experienced made (A) him hate the South, (B) the men fighting together as
close as brothers, (C) a man's heart sick of war.
_____36.
When things were at their worst for the Union army, many soldiers (A) deserted,
(B) petitioned Abraham Lincoln to stop the war, (C) demonstrated their strong
determination not to give up.
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_____37.
The Federal Registrars come to Matt Creighton's farm because (A) they were
investigating a murder, (B) Eb Carron had deserted, (C) they were buying food
for the union troops.
_____38.
On Eb's behalf, Jethro wrote a letter to and received an answer from (A) General
McClellan, (B) Abraham Lincoln, (C) Ulysses Grant.
_____39.
Shadrach Yale was seriously wounded in the battle of (A) Gettysburg, (B) Bull
Run, (C) Missionary Ridge.
_____40.
When the Creighton's learned of his condition, Shad was in Washington, D.C.,
in the care of (A) an army doctor, (B) Ross Milton's sister, (C) his aunt.
_____41.
Not long after she went to Washington, Jenny (A) married Shad, (B) met the
President, (C) began studying medicine.
_____42.
In the fall of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was (A) reelected president, (B) on the
verge of ending the war and allowing the South to leave the Union, (C) at the
height of his popularity in the North.
_____43.
The Union general who led his army on a path of destruction from Atlanta to
Savannah, Georgia, in the fall of 1864 was (A) William Sherman, (B) Ulysses
Grant, (C) Joseph Hooker.
_____44.
When John found him, Bill was (A) mortally wounded, (B) the leader of a group
of Southern deserters, (C) a Union prisoner of war.
_____45.
Bill sent word to his mother that he was (A) going to California after the war,
(B) not at Pittsburgh Landing, (C) sorry for the trouble he had caused the
family.
_____46.
Which of the following was not something that happened during the fifth April
of the war? (A) The Terms of peace were signed at Appomattox Court House.
(B) Abraham Lincoln was killed. (C) Jenny and Shad became parents.
_____47.
Ross Milton realized that, with the end of the war, the country still faced the
problem of (A) finding a strong president, (B) dealing with the futures of the
former slaves, (C) establishing trade with foreign countries.
_____48.
How old was Jethro when the war ended? (A) 10, (B) 13, (C) 16.
_____49.
Instead of staying on the farm, Jethro planned to leave with Shad and Jenny
and (A) work on a newspaper in Washington, (B) go to school, (C) travel to
Springfield.
_____50.
The family member whose fate was uncertain was (A) Eb, (B) John, (C) Bill.
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Answer Keys
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Chapter 1
A
21. B
C
22. B
C
23. C
B
24. A
B
25. B
A
26. A
C
27. A
A
28. B
C
29. C
B
30. A
B
31. C
C
32. B
A
33. C
A
B
A
C
C
B
C
Chapter 5
1. C
21. A
2. C
22. A
3. C
23. A
4. A
24. B
5. B
25. B
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. C
18. A
19. A
20. B
Chapter 2
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. True
10. False
11. False
12. True
13. True
14. True
15. True
16. True
17. False
18. True
19. True
20. True
Chapter 3
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. No
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. No
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. Yes
20. No
Chapter 6
1 .True 21. True
2 .False 22. True
3. True 23. False
4. True 24. False
5. False 25. True
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True
11. False
12. False
13. True
14. False
15. True
16. True
17. True
18. False
19. False
20. True
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Chapter 7
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. No
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10, No
11. No
12. Yes
13. No
14. Yes
15. No
16. No
17. Yes
18. No
19. No
20. No
Chapter 4
1. C
21.C
2. B
22. A
3. B
23. B
4. A
24. A
5. C
25. C
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. C
19. B
20. A
Chapter 8
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True
6. False
7. True
8. False
9. False
10. False
11. True
12. True
13. True
14. False
15. True
16. True
17. True
18. False
19. True
20. False
Across Five Aprils--KEYS—continued
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. C
6. A
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. A
17. B
18. C
19. C
20. B
Chapter 9
21. C
22. A
23. A
24. B
25. C
Chapter 12
1. True
21. True
2. False 22. True
3. True
23. False
4. True
24. False
5. True
25. False
6. True
7. False
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. True
12. False
13. True
14. False
15. True
16. True
17. True
18. True
19. True
20. False
Chapter 10
1. No
21. No
2. No
22. No
3. No
23. Yes
4. No
24. Yes
5. Yes
25. Yes
6. No
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. No
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. Yes
16. Yes
17. No
18. Yes
19. Yes
20. Yes
Whole Book Test
1. A
26. A
2. C
27. C
3. A
28. B
4. B
29. B
5. C
30. A
6. C
31. B
7. B
32. B
8. A
33. A
9. A
34. C
10. C
35. C
11. B
36. A
12. A
37. B
13. B
38. B
14. B
39. A
15. A
40. C
16. C
41. A
17. A
42. A
18. B
43. A
19. C
44. C
20. B
45. B
21. A
46. C
22. C
47. B
23. C
48. B
24. B
49. B
25. C
50. C
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1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. Yes
7. No
8. No
9. No
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. No
13. Yes
14. No
15. No
16. Yes
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. Yes
20. Yes
Chapter 11
21. No
22. Yes
23. Yes
24. Yes
25. No
About Your Objective Tests Teaching Guide. . .
The primary goal in creating the objective tests 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 follow 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
This teaching guide is 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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