Last Egret Chapter 1-5

Why did Charlie think Papa would be upset when he saw Lillie?

• Lillie walked 250 miles through Florida lands by herself.

• She was really dirty.

• She was not doing well in school.

• Lillie planned on leaving school.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What figurative language is this an example of: "as stubborn as an ox"?

• personification

• symbolism

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What was the secret that Papa was keeping?

• He was making a lot of money at work.

• He didn't have money to feed the family.

• They had found a chest full of Spanish gold.

• Lillie left school.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RI.1.4

Land speculators are ______________________.

• families that go on vacation.

• people who sell land.

• hunters in search of game.

• people who are buying land to develop it.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

When John Samuelson visited the island, what did he ask for?

• a place to stay

• money

• ammunition

• food

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

Plumes are

• feathers

• gold coins

• hats

• dresses

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why did Samuelson have so many plumes?

• He was selling it to make ladies hats.

• He bought them from a hunter.

• To make decorations for the house.

• He collected them.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

White men did not go to the place they call Pa-Hay-Okee because _____________.

• of malaria and yellow fever

• they were scared of the Indians

• they didn't have any way to get there

• they were not hunters

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why was Papa putting the island for sale?

• He was bored of living there.

• He found another island that was better to live.

• His family hated living in the island.

• He could not pay the property taxes.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

A broker is _____________.

• a person who places a property for sale

• a land owner

• the owner of the bank

• a person who buys the property