Juneteenth Diary and Celebrating Freedom

Which is the best summary of the diary entry, "The Juneteenth Diary"?

• The narrator remembers the day he learned he was free and how he hurried back to the plantation to celebrate with his parents.

• As the narrator waits to go to the Juneteenth celebration, he remembers the day 60 years ago when he became free.

• When the narrator was a young boy, soldiers rode into town and announced that all slaves were free.

• The narrator recalls how he had to look after the horses and wagon whenever he rode into town with his master from the plantation.

In paragraph 2, the words hustle and bustle mean that the city was --

• quiet

• crowded

• busy

• humid

When the narrator learned that he was free, he wanted to --

• dance and celebrate

• run away from his master

• thank the soldiers

• tell his ma and pa to leave the plantation

The soldier probably came over to the wagon a second time because--

(this is cause and effect...find the evidence in the story)

• he wanted the boy to remember him

• he realized that he knew the boy's master

• he saw the boy's master push the boy into the wagon

• he wanted to make sure that the boy knew all slaves had been freed

The reader can conclude that the plantation owner--

• was happy to give the boy a ride back to the plantation

• wanted to pay his slaves a fair wage, so they would stay

• was eager to join in the dancing and celebrating

• was upset by the news that all slaves had been freed.

The reader can conclude that the main problem the narrator faced as a young boy was --

• figuring out how to get back to his ma and pa on the plantation

• not being with his ma and pa when finding out about freedom

• not knowing the meaning of freedom

• having an argument with his master

The author wrote "Celebrating Freedom" most likely to --

• describe how freed slaves celebrated the first days of freedom

• teach the reader a lesson about the importance of freedom

• explain the importance of Juneteenth celebrations past and present

• give information about Juneteenth celebrations in Texas.

What does the word emancipated mean in paragraph 1?

• set free

• struggled

• treated unfairly

• celebrated

What are paragraphs 3 and 4 mostly about?

• How slaves in Texas finally learned that they were free

• What people did at the first and early Juneteenth celebrations

• What kinds of games children played on Juneteenth Day

• How African Americans celebrate Juneteenth Day today

The reader can conclude that Juneteenth Day is --

• celebrated very differently today than in the past

• no longer a major holiday for African Americans

• a day to have fun marching in parades

• a joyful as well as a somber celebration