"Granddaddy's Turn"

Why doesn’t the narrator need an alarm clock?

• He lives on a farm where his rooster wakes him.

• He can smell his grandmother cooking breakfast.

• He can sleep as long as he likes on the family farm.

• His grandfather usually comes to wake him up for work.

Why do the narrator and his grandfather wear their best clothes?

• They are going to church.

• They are going to the fair.

• The narrator is going to school.

• His grandfather is going to vote.

What does the narrator mean when he says, “That’s just how things worked where we lived”?

• Black people are able to vote where he lives.

• Black people are not treated fairly where he lives.

• Lines of people waiting to vote are long where he lives.

• All people have to know how to read to vote where he lives.

How does the narrator feel about his grandfather?

• He sees his grandfather as strong and hardworking.

• He believes his grandfather gets angry and upset easily.

• He is ashamed because his grandfather does not know how to read.

• He thinks that his grandfather is too patient and should try to go faster.

What does the narrator do the first time he votes?

• He reads a page from a book.

• He brings his grandfather’s picture.

• He goes together with his grandfather.

• He tells his grandfather when his turn has come.

Choose the definition of complain.

• express a feeling of unhappiness about something

• believed or thought

• the ability to wait without getting upset

• thought of something that occurred in the past

Choose the definition of patience.

• thought of something that occurred in the past

• the ability to wait without getting upset

• believed or thought

• a person's state of mind or feelings of anger

Choose the definition of temper.

• the ability to wait without getting upset

• believed or thought

• a person's state of mind or feelings of anger

• express a feeling of unhappiness about something

What is one reason authors write historical fiction?

• to entertain with stories about fictional places and events from the past

• to state an opinion about an important event from the past

• to provide insight into the lives of people in that time period

• to share facts about famous people in that time period