That Book Woman

Where do Cal and his family live?

• On top of a mountain

• In a big city

• On an animal preserve

• In a swamp

What evidence from the text lets you know where Cal and his family live?

• "My folks and me"

• "We live way up as up can get"

• "We hardly sight a soul"

• "And critters hid among the tree"

Based on the sentence "And I do not fancy it one bit when Lark plays Teacher", what does the word fancy mean?

• pretty

• like

• school

• ugly

Who is Lark?

• Cal's mom

• Cal's sister

• the Book Woman

• Cal's cousin

How much do the books cost Cal and his family?

• a poke of berries

• a mess of greens

• as free as air

• twenty dollars

How often does the Book Woman come?

• every hour

• once a day

• every two weeks

• once a month

At the end of the story, what does Cal think of the Book Woman?

• she is brave

• she is pretty

• she is quiet

• she is funny

Who does Cal ask to teach him to read?

• the Book Woman

• Pap

• Lark

• he teaches himself how to read

According to the text, what does Cal say that he used to think was in the books?

• "a new one brought this very day"

• "Just chicken scratch, I used to figure."

• "But now I see what's truly there."

• "and I read a little out"

What do Cal and the Book Woman do at the end of the text?

• They laugh at each other

• Cal goes down the mountain with that Book Woman

• They smile at each other

• They fetch the sheep that went a-wandering