The Hundred Penny Box

Who is the main character?

• Michael

• John

• Ruth

• Dennis

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Why did Michael's father, John Thomas, feel responsible for Aunt Dew?

• Aunt Dew was a celebrity

• She had cared for him after his parents drowned.

• Aunt Dew was a mean person that lived alone

• Aunt Dew was poor living in a trailer

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Why was the 1874 pennies important to Aunt Dew?

• The Bell phone company was established

• The telegram was first sent

• In 1874, Aunt Dew was born, slavery ended, and it was the period of Reconstruction after the Civil War.

• The railroad company sent a train to California

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Why did Ruth Thomas, Michael's mother, want to get rid of the hundred penny box?

• She was cleaning and didn't think it was important

• Ruth did want Aunt Dew to have anything nice

• Ruth was a pack rat and kept everything

• It kept Aunt Dew thinking about the past instead of accepting her new life with their family

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Why did Michael's mother tell him the story about his old teddy bear?

• She wanted him to throw the old bear away

• She was making a comparison between Michael getting rid of old stuff to make room for new, just as Aunt Dew needed to get rid of things to make room for her new family.

• Aunt Dew needed a teddy bear

• Aunt Dew and Ruth loved the same teddy bear

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What was important about the 1901 penny?

• Aunt Dew graduated from college

• Ruth graduated from high school

• Aunt Dew was 21 years old and gave birth to twins.

• Aunt Dew graduated from high school

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What year did Aunt Dew's husband die?

• 1901

• 1999

• 1935

• 1930

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Who sewed a fancy dress for Rena Coles?

• Ruth

• Michael

• Thomas

• Aunt Dew

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Why was the 1930 penny important?

• Ruth was getting married

• The Revolutionary War started

• The Depression

• The Industrial Revolution started

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Michael believed that if the box were discarded, Aunt Dew would have ______________________________.

• a chance to attend college

• no one to talk to

• teddy bears and ice cream for dinner

• no reason to go on living.

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