The Drinking Gourd

What did Tommy do before he threw the apple core out the window?

• He made sure his parents weren't looking.

• He removed all the seeds and put them into his pocket.

• He tied his fishing line around it.

• He dangled it in front of Andy's nose.

After leading Tommy out of the church, Father ---.

• • told Tommy to march home and go to his room

• • made Tommy sit in the wagon until church was over

• • made Tommy sit in the wagon until church was over

• • gave Tommy a Bible verse to memorize

Why did Tommy climb up into the loft?

• • He had seen the cat sneaking around up there.

• He thought he had left his hat up there.

• • He needed to get some hay for the horses.

• He wanted to jump into the hay wagon.

What did Little Jeff do when he showed Tommy the drinking gourd?

• He used a stick to draw a picture in the dirt.

• He ran to the barn door and pointed to the Big Dipper.

• • He told Tommy an old story about the North Star.

• • He pulled a dried gourd out of a cloth bag and filled it with water.

When everyone was riding in the wagon, Jeff said that ---.

• • he wanted to learn how to read

• • his father had been born in Africa

• • he had been a slave all his life

• • he had been a slave all his life

Father said the underground railroad was called "underground" because -.-.

• • most of the stations were under the ground

• • the name was meant to fool slave hunters

• • it was operated under the cover of darkness

• every bit of it had to be kept secret

Tommy knew that if the family in the hay were found, the marshal would ---.

• send them back down South

• • punish Tommy

• take Little Jeff away from his parents

• put Tommy's father in jail

Tommy stopped the men from searching the wagon by saying that he ---.

• • had seen the runaways in the woods

• • would get a licking if he was late for supper

• • was hurrying to get the doctor for his mother

• was running away from home

After Father came out of the shadows, he told Tommy to ---.

• get into the boat and grab an oar

• take the wagon back alone

• • wait on the shore for him

• • listen for the call of the whippoorwill

What did Tommy say when Father told him what the law said?

• • "But Jeff and Vinnie are people."

• • "I hope Little Jeff is safe now."

• • "Will we have to go to jail?"

• • "Why did you break the law?"