My Boyhood on the Prairie - Check-In Review

1. Which quote supports the theme of acceptance of one's situation?

• A. "Although strong and active, I was rather short, even for a ten-year-old, and to reach the plow handles I was obliged to lift my hands above my shoulders."

• B. " At such times I suffered from cold and loneliness - all sense of being a man evaporated."

• C. "I've no doubt facing the wind in this way was excellent discipline, but I didn't think it necessary then, and my heart was sometimes bitter and rebellious."

• D. "He often told of beginning life as a "bound boy" at nine, and these stories helped me to perform my own tasks without whining."

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Explain how you know your answer to question 1.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

2. What does the phrase "scarcely a roof to fleck its lonely spread" mean in the first paragraph?

• A. The roof of the house was desperately in need of repair.

• B. There were few homes in the area.

• C. The roof of the house was easily sen at a distance.

• D. There were many large homes in the area.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Explain how you know your answer to question 2.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

3. What does the word shanty mean in paragraph 4?

• A. A poorly built building.

• B. A group of three buildings.

• C. A weatherproof building.

• D. A plan for duplicate buildings.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Explain how you know your answer to question 3.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

4. Based on the text, why did the narrator start plowing the fields?

• A. He was taking his father's place while his father performed other work.

• B. He was interested in learning farming methods for his future career.

• C. He begged his father to allow him to work the plows and earn some money.

• D. He wanted to get out of the house because he and Harriet fought constantly.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Explain how you know your answer to question 4.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

5. Which quote suggests that Hamlin discovered the work was harder than he though it would be?

• A. "To guide a team for a few minutes as an experiment was one thing - to plow all day like a hired hand was another."

• B. "At any rate nothing like it had been seen in the neighborhood; and the people on the road to town, looking across the field, laughed and called to me."

• C. The soil was the kind my father had been seeking, a smooth, dark, sandy loam, which made it possible for a lad to do the work of a man."

• D. "When the bitter wind blew from the north, and the sky was filled with wild geese racing southward with siftly-hurring clouds, winter seemed about to spring upon me."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Explain how you know your answer to question 5.