MILCReeK PoND CH 25-27 Questions

What proof did Mr. Neuman find that Molly didn't start the fire?

• The fire was started by the racoon from the lake

• He found the matches used to start the fire

• He found a gold ladies pendant identical to his wife's in an area where the fire started

• The person who start the fire confessed

Enola knew Molly gave up her dream for a different life when Molly

• Refused to leave the house

• Stopped using her "proper talking" and spoke like everyone else in the south

• Threw her shoe across the room

• Said she would never see the Neumans again

Who chased Molly down in the woods and found her?

• Mr. Neuman

• The sheriff

• Mrs. Neuman

• Ma

Who does Mr. Neuman suspect started the fire by accident?

• The school bully

• Ciaok

• Mrs. Neuman's cousin Jason

• Mrs. Neuman's cousin, Jean

How was Molly saved and her dream continued... [ CH 26]

• She found out her mother's secret

• She didn't have to go to jail

• She was proven innocent and Aunt Minnie took her to the North for a long visit

• She saved her dress from the autumn festival

What was the secret that Ma keep from Molly

• That Ciaok was her father

• That she was adopted

• That her father was Mr. Neuman

• That she would not have to work anymore

Where was Ma going to travel and why?

• To Chicago to see Jake

• To Tennesse to check on whether or no Jake is alive

• To Washington on a trip

• To Africa for a safari

     Which passage provides the best supporting evidence of how the fire started?

•       She crotched low behind a wide tree— closed her eyes and said her prayers— with her back to the impending danger. 

• Molly began to spill out her own suspicions about who could have started the fire at Mr. Neuman’s house.  She told him that she believed someone had followed her upstairs

• “Since so many of my things smell like smoke these days, I didn’t need to pack much,” the older woman quipped.

• She used the opportunity of the Autumn Festival to rummage through the upstairs and knocked one of wall candles over in the hall as she tried to sneak back downstairs unnoticed.

Who was there to see Molly off as she left Grenada County, Mississippi behind?

• Mr. Neuman and Ma

• Ma

• Alex, Ma, and Mr. Neuman

• Ma, Alex and Ciaok

Was Molly's dream for a better life fulfilled?