Task Card #1 The Glory Field by Walter Dean

Task Card #1
The Glory Field by Walter Dean Myers
Sections 1 (1753) and 2 (1864)
Vocabulary: Write down the definition of each word, and then use the word correctly in a sentence.
Shackle
Plaintive
Contraband
Bowels (as related to a ship)
Promenade
Forage
Hold (as related to a ship)
Tussle
Questions: Answer the questions below in complete sentences. You must cite specific page numbers from the
text to support your answer.
1. Describe Muhammad Bilal in detail, including personality traits that you can infer from the reading.
What kind of person do you think Muhammad Bilal was?
2. How old was Muhammad Bilal when he was taken from his village?
3. Muhammad had been warned about “men without color” taking people away. Who do you think
were the “men without color”? What surprises him about his captors?
4. How does Muhammad react to his captivity? What promise does he make himself?
5. How are the poor whites treated by Old Master Lewis? How do you know? In what ways is the
treatment of the poor whites similar to that of the slaves?
6. How did Moses and the rest of Muhammad Bilal’s family get the name of Lewis?
7. Grandma Dolly tells the children that each morning Muammad Bilal would get up and say to
himself, “I am a man.” Why do you think he would say this aloud each day? Why does Grandma
Dolly tell this to the children?
8. What happens at Live Oaks Plantation to change Lizzy’s life? How does she feel about her place on
the plantation before and after this event? Use specific evidence from the text to show you know
how she feels.