War Horse Chapter 5-6

What job did Colonel Samuel Perkins have before serving in the armed forces?

• actor

• butcher

• jockey

• innkeeper

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who shares Captain Nicholls's idea that the war will be difficult and drawn-out?

• Colonel Samuel Perkins

• No other character

• Albert's father

• Captain Jamie Stewart

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does Captain Nicholls ask Colonel Samuel Perkins to do?

• TO BE MORE EXACTING WITH JOEY

• TO STOP TRAINING JOEY ENTIRELY

• TO TRAIN JOEY ALONGSIDE TOPTHORN

• TO BE MORE GENTLE WITH JOEY

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What color is Topthorn?

• brown

• grey

• red bay

• black

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why are the horses upset during the crossing from England to France?

• THE WEATHER IS STORMY.

• ONE OF THE SHIPS BEGINS TO FLOOD.

• TWO OF THE SHIPS ALMOST COLLIDE.

• THE GERMANS ATTEMPT TO ATTACK THE ENGLISH SHIPS.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who effectively comforts Joey during the crossing by boat into France?

• Topthorn

• Trooper Warren

• Captain Nicholls

• Colonel Perkins

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What upsetting sight greets Captain Nicholls and the troops when the arrive in France?

• A CROWD OF ORPHANED CHILDREN

• ELDERLY MEN AND WOMEN LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY

• CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS

• LARGE NUMBERS OF DEAD HORSES

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Initially, why do Joey and Topthorn often find themselves together when they are with the English?

• THEIR RIDERS, CAPTAIN NICHOLLS AND CAPTAIN STEWART, ARE CLOSE COMPANIONS.

• THE TWO HORSES ARE TASKED WITH PULLING A CART FULL OF EXPLOSIVES.

• COLONEL SAMUEL PERKINS IS TASKED WITH LEADING BOTH HORSES SIMULTANEOUSLY.

• JOEY IS FOR THE MOST PART INCAPABLE OF REMAINING CALM UNLESS HE IS NEAR TOPTHORN.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the outcome of the first battle that Joey sees?

• THE ENGLISH ARE SCATTERED AND RETREAT, AND CAPTAIN NICHOLLS IS KILLED.

• THE ENGLISH TAKE PRISONERS, AND DO SO WITHOUT ANY NOTED CASUALTIES.

• THE ENGLISH TAKE PRISONERS, BUT CAPTAIN NICHOLLS IS KILLED.

• THE ENGLISH ARE SCATTERED AND RETREAT, BUT DO SO WITHOUT ANY NOTED CASUALTIES.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What war is Joey fighting in?

• The Great War or World War 1

• World War 2

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9