DEAR MR KILMER (Chapter 8)

What did Pa ask Richard about?

• Why Richard turned down his part of the Doughboy.

• Why Richard continued writing poetry.

• Why Richard refused to help with farm work.

• Why Richard had dinner with the Schermers.

Richard answered that "...It was the right thing to do..." in turning down the role as the Doughboy. Why?

• Hannah Schermer should have been Lady Liberty because she wrote the best essay and she was the most beautiful girl in the class compared to the other girls.

• Hannah Schermer deserved to be Lady Liberty because she wrote the best essay and to Richard it was unfair for the rest to gang up on her just because she was a German.

• Hannah Schermer should be Lady Liberty even though her family was a German family who supported Hitler.

• Hannah Schermer deserved to be Lady Liberty because she wrote the best poem in class and she was selected by Mrs Hansen who thought she was the most beautiful and the tallest girl in class.

Who told Pa about Richard turning down the part of the Doughboy?

• Abner Lewis.

• Ike Lewis

• Mrs Hansen

• Gus Knight

These were the reasons Richard turned down his part as the Doughboy as told by Ike Lewis to Pa EXCEPT...

• Richard was siding with the Schermers.

• Richard was unpatriotic.

• Richard was influenced by his poetry.

• Richard was affected by Joyce Kilmer's poetry.

• Richard was supporting the Germans to win the war.

How did Richard defend himself and the Schermers against Ike Lewis's accusations?

• Richard told Pa the accusations were not true.

• Richard informed Pa that the Schermers wanted that the Allies to lose in the war.

• Richard informed Pa that he and the Schermers were as patriotic as everyone else.

• Richard told Pa that Otto Schermer was an American soldier fighting against the Germans.

• Richard told Pa that the Schermers wanted the Allies to win.

Pa said that the Schermers were not "our people' to Richard. What did that mean?

• The Schermers were new in Turtle Lake.

• The Schermers did not have to pay any taxes.

• The Schermers were not part of the majority of the community.

• The Schermers were not Americans.

• The Schermers were not the ones helping Pa when he needed help with his crops.

What did Pa say that made Richard close to crying?

• Pa accused Richard for being unpatriotic and a Hun lover.

• Pa said that the Schermers had filled Richard's head with foolish ideas.

• Pa accused Joyce Kilmer for filling Richard's head with foolish ideas.

• Pa said that all the poetry has made Richard's head filled with foolish ideas.

As fall continued, how did the other students treat Richard?

• All of the students ignored Richard.

• Some students made malicious comments from time to time.

• Some students wanted to be friendly towards Richard but were too timid.

• A few bullies made malicious comments every day.

• Most students ignored Richard.

Where did Richard go to feel less lonely?

• School.

• His family's farm.

• The Schermers' house.

• Joyce Kilmer's house.

Why did Richard feel less lonely at the Schermers'?

• The Schermers enjoy reading story books with Richard.

• The Schermers understood his dreams and longings.

• The Schermers did not bully him.

• The Schermers accepted him as resident of Turtle Lake.