Riding Freedom: In the Middle

In the sentence, After years of driving hundreds of practice runs with Ebeneezer, Charlotte knew how to coddle a coach around any precarious turn, what does the phrase coddle a coach mean?

• to hug a wagon

• to be able to guide a wagon around a turn without any problems

• to treat a wagon like a small child

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What are two adjectives folks used to describe Charlotte?

• cranky and unpredictable

• rude and handsome

• considerate and handsome

• funny and loud

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How many times has Charlotte overturned a coach?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 4

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What type of figurative language does the author use in this sentence: And her disguise? Charlotte carried on a masquerade same as an actor in a theater play.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• allusion

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Which is NOT a way that Charlotte dressed carefully to keep her true identity a secret?

• wore snug undershirts that kept her figure boy like

• wore loose fitting pleated flannel shirts with a buckskin vest

• wore baggy trousers, leather boots, a broad-brimmed hat, and snug buckskin gloves

• kept a snakeskin whip tucked into her belt

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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How did Charlotte control her voice?

• she made sure to always talk really low

• she practiced speaking low with the horses

• she would only whisper

• she didn't care what others thought.

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CCSS.RL.3.3

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CCSS.RL.7.3

What did the other stable hands tease Charlotte about?

• for wearing lots of layers of clothes

• how much she eats

• that she loves horses more than people

• for writing Hayward letters

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Why do you infer that Charlotte had other stage coach drivers mail her letters to Hayward?

• they were secret messages

• to keep her whereabouts a secret

• to make him guess where she was writing from

• to make a game of it

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How old is Charlotte now?

• 13

• 16

• 18

• 24

What would happen if Charlotte's secret was found out?

• she would be sent back to the orphanage

• she would be applauded

• she would make less money

• she would lose her job

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