The Boxcar Children, Chapters 2-3

Why did the Boxcar children leave in the middle of the night?

• The baker and his wife were planning on splitting them up.

• The baker and his wife were planning on making them work.

• The baker and his wife were yelling at them.

• The baker and his wife were being mean to them.

What did Benny say when they woke him up to make him walk?

• Stop!

• Go away!

• What's going on?

• Where am I?

Where did the children find a place to sleep that first night?

• in the bakery

• in the woods

• in a farmhouse

• in a house

How did the children drink water when they first woke up from sleeping in the farmhouse?

• water fountain

• a water bottle

• a cup of water

• a water pump

Who did the children see as they were walking down the road?

• the baker and his wife

• an animal

• the police

• their teacher

The baker and his wife said if they didn't see the children in ____________________, they would go home.

• Silver City

• Greenfield

• the woods

• the bakery

Where did the children find safety from the storm?

• the woods

• a farmhouse

• a boxcar

• the bakery

How did the children know the boxcar was not going to be used anymore?

• It was red and shiny.

• It was old and rusty and covered with grass and bushes.

• It was a working boxcar.

• The conductor told them.

What did the children use for a step up into the boxcar?

• some cement steps

• a toolbox

• a tree stump

• a box

What did Jessie see in the woods that Benny wanted to eat with milk?

• strawberries

• blackberries

• raspberries

• blueberries