Wonders U3 W2 // Finding Lincoln

Who is the main character in the story?

• Mrs. Yates

• The Librarian

• Louis

• Abraham Lincoln

What is the setting of the story?

• the Civil War era

• the South in the 1950s

• the North in the 1950s

• President Lincoln’s homes

What does Louis want to do?

• Louis wants to borrow books from the library.

• Louis wants to eat ice cream.

• Louis wants to play at the park.

• Louis wants to go to the movies.

Why couldn't Louis go into the library?

• because he was too young

• because he did not have a library card

• because it was too far away

• because he was not white

When Louis goes into the library, how does Louis feel?

• Nervous

• Happy

• Hopeful

• Excited

What text evidence shows that Louis was nervous? (choose two answers)

• "Louis didn't have time to count, but a million seemed about right."

• "Louis's heart was beating as loud as a tin drum."

• "Louis's face burned like it did when he ran fast on a hot day in August."

• "Two librarians sat at the desk, looking at him."

What was the main cause of Louis going into the library?

• He wanted a book about Abraham Lincoln when he was the president.

• He wanted a book about honeybees.

• He wanted to get a library card.

• He wanted a book about Abraham Lincoln when he was a boy.

AFTER the librarian led Louis outside, what did she say

to him?

• She told him never to come back again.

• She told him to come back the next day after five.

• She told him he needed to apply for a library card.

• She told him to come back tomorrow with his mother.

How did Mama and Daddy feel when Louis came home from the library with a book?

• Worried and sad

• Confused and upset

• Amazed and proud

• Angry and frustrated

How are Louis and Abraham Lincoln ALIKE?

• They both did what was right even when it made some people upset.

• They lived during the same time period.

• They both liked to read.

• They both wanted to be president.