The River Between Us Chapters 1-3 Review

Where does the story take place?

• Grand Tower, Illinois

• St. Louis, Missouri

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Blackwood, New Jersy

The narrators are...

• Howard and Tilly

• Tilly and Cass

• Tilly and Noah

What is dialect?

• The way someone looks

• They way someone dresses

• The way someone speaks

Correct the following sentence to how we would say it: "Most boys hankered to go on the river."

• Most boys were afraid of going on the river.

• Most boys had a longing or desire to travel down the river.

• Most boys fished in the river.

Choose 2 ways Tilly and her family lived:

• They bought most of their food in the corner store.

• Noah killed game for them to eat.

• They picked roots and herbs from the land.

• They baked bread in their oven.

Why did President Lincoln close the ports?

• There were too many boats on the river.

• He didn't want people to travel by boat.

• He wanted to prevent the southerners from transporting cotton and weapons into the Confederacy.

• He wanted to prevent slaves from traveling to the North as he could.

Who gets off the steamboat from New Orleans?

• Delphine Duval

• Delphine Duval and Calinda

• Calinda

• Noah and Delphine

What was one observation Tilly makes about Delphine as she steps off the boat?

• She is very plain in her appearance.

• She was wearing a fancy dress.

• She was with her family.

• She wasn't friendly.

What is one observation Tilly makes about Calinda.

• She wore fancy clothes.

• She told them why they were there.

• She was darker colored and may be a slave.

• She asked if they could stay at Tilly's house.

Tilly feels...

• Frustrated by their new visitors.

• Fascinated and curious by Delphine and Calinda.

• Scared about Delphine and Calinda sleeping over.