Words on Fire Practice

What happened to Audra's mom as she was running from the soldiers in the beginning of the book? Ch. 3

• Her foot became tangled in some low hanging wire.

• A soldier flung her over his shoulder.

• She was hurt on the head.

• A dog bit her.

While Audra is running away from the soldiers a little girl Violeta and some other children protect her. How do they do it? Ch. 5

• They give Audra a hat.

• They show her Milda's underground school.

• They circle around Audra and pretend to be looking at a magical fern blossom.

• They yell at the soldiers.

How does Milda know that Audra is ready to be a book smuggler? Ch. 11

• Audra is related to a Cossack soldier.

• Audra made a secret code using her fathers journal.

• Audra made a trail to follow.

• Audra disguised the smell of the pastry by using mint and lavender.

Officer Rusakov made a deal with Audra that (if she did what in two days) that he would release her parents. Ch. 13

• That if she wrote officer Rusakov's name down on a paper.

• That if she told him information about a boy that she knew.

• That if she gave him the key to her father's journal.

• That if she crossed the border to smuggle books down the river.

While Audra stayed with Milda she learn to read and even did what? Ch. 19

• She started writing a story of her own about the snake, the bear, and Rue.

• She complained that she hated books and didn't want to read.

• She made costumes for Milda to wear as disguises.

• She learned to sing songs.

While looking through her fathers journal what did Audra find? Ch. 35

• A map made of milk.

• a recipe of food made of mint and lavender.

• She found pictures of herself.

• A recipe for smoke bombs to use as a distraction

Audra and Lukas need to cross the river without being seen. What do they do to distract the Cossack soldiers? Ch. 31

• They set up a barrel and a rock to look like a person. They then use the other barrel to float down the river.

• They swim for four days without stopping.

• They set up a trap on the river bank and force the soldiers to go to it.

• They never cross the river because they were caught and sent to Siberia.

How do Lukas and Audra smuggle books across the boarder? Ch. 36

• They put them on a boat and float them across the river.

• They leave the books at Milda's house in Prussia.

• They burry the books in the ground.

• They used a coffin with Audra disguised as a old women who died of disease.

Audra learned many things about Lukas on their way back home. Click the three things that Audra learned. Ch. 38

• His mother is dead

• His mom is Luthuanian but his dad is Russian.

• His father is officer Rusakov.

• Lukas had a friend who's father was arrested by Officer Rusakov.

Audra finally opens the locked book and discovers what? Ch. 42

• That Milda was keeping secrets.

• That Lukas is her bother.

• Ben was her grandfather.

• How to cross the boarder.