Across Five Aprils: 1

Jethro Creighton could be described as

• The youngest kid in his family

• A kid with "destiny"

• A kid with a good sense of humor

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When you plant potatoes you should plant them eye side up

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

Ellen Creighton is married to Matt Creighton

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Shad is the schoolmaster, but he is working on the Creighton's farm for the summer

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

Ellen is close to Shad because

• They both feel that Jethro is special

• Shad is sweet on Jenny

• Shad was sick and Ellen "doctored" him, saved him

• Shad is working on the farm

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

They will "call us Egypt," refers to

• A little rain and this rich soil will grow a great harvest

• We live by our own "Nile" river

• It gets hot here, like in the Sahara Desert

• I will be Pharaoh and you can be Cleopatra

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

____________ is the closest town, but ____________ is bigger.

• Olney, Gibson

• Olney, Newton

• Newton, Gibson

• Newton, Olney

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The year Jethro was born

• The family lost four children to disease but gained one baby, Jethro

• The family lost 3 children to disease but gained one baby, Jethro

• The family lost four children to disease but gained one baby, Jethro and they adopted Shad

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

An allusion to Herod, a king in the Bible, alluded to

• That the North will win the war

• That the South will win the war

• That babies were dead throughout the country

• That Herod was an evil king

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

How old is Jethro?

• 10

• 12

• 9

• 11

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9