Lyddie chapters 7-8 quiz

IRONY: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

What is the irony of chapter seven's title, "South to Freedom"?

• The north is associated with freedom.

• The south was closer to the north in freedom.

• The south represents the freedom of the people.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did Lyddie not allow Triphena to persuade her to wait?

• Lyddie was too eager to begin her journey and didn't want to miss the stagecoach.

• Lyddie wanted to get on the road before it was too late in the evening.

• Lyddie didn't want to take the risk of allowing the mistress to talk her into staying.

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How is Lyddie's encounter with Ezekial, a runaway slave, a turning point in her character development?

• Lyddie sees the parallel in her own quest for freedom and Ezekial's.

• Lyddie decides that she will never own a slave.

• Lyddie was once selfish in her endeavors, now she puts others before herself.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Lyddie take control of the situation when the stage coach got stuck?

• She could bare the stuffy, smelly, carriage no longer, and needed fresh air.

• The passengers thought less of her because of the way she was dressed, and that would show them that she was just as good.

• After trying to restrain from helping the men, she finally grew tired of their incompetence.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does the stagecoach driver help Lyddie?

• He tells her that she will not have to pay him for the ride.

• He took Lyddie to the nearest inn and gave her something to keep warm.

• He took Lyddie to his sister's boarding house.

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Next, Triphena made her wait while she packed her a parcel of food large enough to feed a table of harvesters. Parcel means

• package

• group

• a lot

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Then, just at dusk, the sky opened, and it began to rain--not light spring showers, but cold, soaking torrents of rain, streaming down her face, icicling rivulets down her chest and legs. Torrents and rivulets mean...

• floods, stream of water

• blasts, rings of water

• storms, dried

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Lyddie hesitated, but her sodden clothes and blistered feet reminded her how unsuited she was to continue the journey. What does sodden and unsuited mean? p.47

• spoiled, unclothed

• saturated, not appropriate

• ragged, undone

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What does Lyddie think of the other passengers in the stage coach?

Lyddie thinks the passengers are rude and selfish.

Lyddie thinks the passengers are critical and mortified.

Lyddie thinks the passengers are judgmental and ignorant.

• Lyddie thinks the passengers are rude and selfish.

• Lyddie thinks the passengers are critical and mortified.

• Lyddie thinks the passengers are judgmental and ignorant.

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Which of these choices is NOT one of the ways Mrs. Bedlow

helped Lyddie?

• Mrs. Bedlow helped Lyddie get a job at the mill.

• She took Lyddie to the mill on her first day of work.

• She took Lyddie shopping for new clothes.

• Mrs. Bedlow showed Lyddie kindness and gave her a dollar for new clothes.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3