Across Five Aprils

Jethro and his family lived in southern:

• Illinois

• Ohio

• Maryland

When the story began, Jethro was:

• eleven

• ten

• nine

Jethro was born the same year:

• his three older brothers died within a week of each other

• Shadrach Yale came to Newton

• the Dread Scott case was decided

What was special about Walnut Hill?

• The Indians thought it was sacred

• Jethro's three brothers and sister were buried there

• It was Ellen Creighton's favorite place on their property

Of the twelve children Ellen had given birth to, which one did she favor?

• Bill

• Jenny

• Jethro

Which of the following was NOT true of Shadrach Yale?

• He taught school in the winter and worked as a farmhand for Matt Creighton in the summer

• He and Jenny Creighton were sweethearts

• He was from Tennessee

Mary Creighton died:

• from pneumonia the winter of 1859

• in an accident caused by Travis Burdow

• while she was visiting her mother's relatives in Kentucky

Jethro's favorite brother was:

• Bill

• Tom

• John

Eb Carron was:

• Matt Creighton's nephew

• Ellen Creighton's nephew

• Shadrach Yale's cousin

Which of Ellen Creighton's sons had been very close to one another since they were children?

• John and Tom

• Mary and Jenny

• John and Bill