Across Five Aprils, Ch 1 & 2

Ch 1: Which of the following does not describe Ellen?

• She had kept her youthful beauty

• She was a hard-working woman

• She had borne twelve children

• She had survived through thirty years of sickness and poverty

Ch 1: Who is Jethro?

• He is the son of Ellen's sister. When her sister died in childbirth, Ellen adopted Jethro to raise as her own.

• He is the middle child of Ellen's many children

• He is Ellen's nine year old, the youngest of her children.

• He is the second oldest son. He was sick as a youngster and so is not able to do the heavy work the others do. Ellen pampers him, much to the dislike of the others.

Ch 1: Which of the following was not troubling the adult world on that April morning?

• Cinchbugs and grasshoppers

• drought

• Secession and talk of war

• Inflation

Ch 1: Who is Jenny?

• She is a young girl from the town who comes every day to help Ellen.

• She is Ellen's fourteen-year-old daughter.

• She is the schoolteacher's sister, who has come from the East to be his assistant.

• She is Eb's niece, who lives with them

Ch 1: Which of these does not describe Shadrach Yale?

• He is the schoolteacher.

• He is in love with Jenny

• He sees promise in Jethro

• He lives on the land owned by the Burdow family

Ch 1: How did Tom and Eb feel about the prospects of war?

• They were looking forward to fighting for the South.

• They were looking forward to fighting for the North.

• They both opposed the war and refused to fight.

• They were undecided about which side they were going to support.

Ch 1: What had happened to Jethro's sister, Mary?

• She had been walking along the train tracks and got her foot caught in a rail. She was not able to get out in time and was killed by an oncoming train

• She got involved with a group of abolitionists who were traveling through town on their way North. She left her home and family to go with them.

• She was on her way home from a dance with a friend when someone fired a shot and scared theirhorses. The wagon flipped over and killed her

• The schoolteacher had recognized her great intellect and had arranged for her to receive a scholarship from a prestigious girls' school in the East. She had left home a few months prior to the beginning of the story.

Ch 1: To whom did Jethro compare his father, and why?

• He compared his father to Thomas Jefferson because they were both from Virginia.

• He compared his father to Abraham Lincoln because neither wanted bloodshed.

• He compared his father to Benjamin Franklin because they were both great inventors.

• He compared his father to Moses because he believed in taking care of his people.

Ch 1: Which of the following does not describe Nancy?

• She is married to Jethro's brother, John.

• She is not close to the rest of her husband's family.

• She was treated badly by her own relatives

• She is loud and argumentative

Ch 1: This character is Jethro's favorite brother. He is considered peculiar by most people and would rather read than do "masculine "things. He was a strong worker and well-liked. Who is this?

• Bill

• John

• Eb

• Ross