Comprehension Quiz on Tom's Midnight Garden

True or False:

Tom's sister, Dora, is sick, but still helped her mother wash clothes to support the family.

• True

• False

True or False:

"Copperheads" were what northerners called southern spies.

• True

• False

True or False:

The first time Tom met John Ericsson was with his mother at a restaurant.

• True

• False

True or False:

Tom was new to the ironworks, so he was not trusted to carry messages for the captain.

• True

• False

True or False:

The shipyard was building new ships but also repairing old ones.

• True

• False

True or False:

When Tom got the second gold piece he had just eaten a steak with Quinn.

• True

• False

True or False:

The iron ship would float because it was hollow and not a solid block of iron.

• True

• False

True or False:

To hide from Quinn, Mr. O'Keefe handed Tom a blanket and told Tom to sleep in the Turret.

• True

• False

True or False:

Mr. Quinn was a good friend of Garrett's Malloy.

• True

• False

When Chapter One ended with, "Except it was no lie - I was there - I saw it all," the author was creating which of the following?

• fantasy

• humor

• anticipation

• mystery