The River Between Us Chapter 8

Why was the showboat event the last event of the showboats?

• They did not make enough money to continue.
• They were all to be turned into hospital ships for the soldiers or gunboats.
• The actors went on strike.
• The musicians went on strike.

Delphine insisted __________ went to the showboat as well after she said she was going to stay home.

• Tilly
• Cass
• Calinda
• Mama

What caused Mama to have a flicker of joy?

• Paw returned home.
• Delphine's dancing was beautiful.
• Noah went to war.
• Cass was all dressed up.

Who did the actors play in the play?

• Delphine and Calinda
• Jefferson Davis and his followers
• George and Martha Washington
• Abraham Lincoln and his two daughters

Who did the dutiful daughter represent?

• Jefferson Davis
• the Confederacy
• the Union
• Confederate soldiers

Who did the daughter who wouldn't listen represent?

• the Confederacy
• the Union
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

Why was Delphine upset during the performance on the showboat?

• She did not like the actors.
• She was upset because she had already seen the play.
• She did not like the message about the Confederacy.
• She did not like it as she was not an actor in the play.

What did Noah ask Delphine to do on the showboat?

• He asked her to marry him.
• He asked her to go to war with him.
• He asked her to dance the waltz.
• He asked her to leave.

The crowd saw the __________ spy bewitching the local boy while Noah and Delphine danced.

• Confederate
• Union
• CIA
• FBI

Who asked Tilly to dance at the showboat?

• Noah
• Dr. William Hutchings
• the preacher
• Curry