What is the nickname for Challagi Boarding School and why?

• River View because it sits on the bank of a river.

• Plains View because you can see the plains.

• Short Hair Academy because they cut your hair when you arrive.

• Cherokee Academy

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

p. 131 "The smell of the water around us is as sweet as a summer rain."

What type of figurative language is this?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What event does Cal witness when he arrives at Challagi?

• The boys are getting a haircut.

• The students are marching by in companies.

• All of the students are leaving for a day off.

• Two students are fighting.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is Mr. Morrell?

• The barber who cuts Cal's hair.

• Cal's farming teacher.

• The superintendent in charge of the school.

• Pop's friend who he fought with in the war.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is special about the eleventh graders of Blue Company?

• It is Cal's company.

• It is the company Pop belonged to.

• It is the first company Cal sees when he arrives.

• It is the company that wins the marching competition.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is a "stahitkey?"

• The Cherokee word for a Creek Indian.

• The key Cal is given to his bedroom.

• An indian curse word.

• Indian for "white man."

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Mr. Morrell says that the government will subsidize Cal because he is a member of the Creek Nation. Use dictionary.com to look up the word subsidize. What does it mean?

• imprison

• pay for someone or something

• to adopt someone (a child)

• to stop someone from doing something

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4