Chapters 13-14 Benjamin West and His Cat Grimlakin

In the beginning of Chapter 13, we read: "Breakfast had no flavor that morning." Why?

Benjamin told one of the travelers that was leaving the Door-Latch Inn: "Should thee someday see a lad of the name of ______ ______..." Whom Benjamin was talking about?

• Jacob Ditzler

• Thomas West

• John Ditzler

• Dr. Morris

• Mr. Samuel

Mamma brought an old black coat for Benjamin to wear, because she was worried that "the north wind blows raw and sharp for autumn". Benjamin did not like that idea at first, but then changed his mind and thought: "How ______ and ______ is Samuel`s coat!"

• big
• roomy
• small
• huge
• tight

When Papa saw Benjamin wearing the black old coat, he said: "I declare!" exclaimed Papa. "Thee looks as stuffed as an______ ___ in Samuel's coat."

(a)  

• pudding bag
• burrito
• balloon
• pillow
• Thanksgiving turkey

Why was it, Benjamin asked himself, that home always looked so good just when he was about to leave it! He had felt the same way on . . .?

• the first day he got Grimalkin.

• the first day he went to the miller.

• the first day he got Elmira.

• the first day he went to school.

Mamma was surprised not to see Grimalkin saying good-bye to Benjamin. Pappa had an explanation: "A ______, likely," he mused. 'Grimlakin ever was fond of an early morning hunt."

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"He appears feverish to me," Sarah suspected Benjamin sick with what disease?

• Flu

• Measles

• Whoopping cough

• Scarlet fever

Benjamin really struggled to keep Grimalkin under the covers. He could see Grimalkin's head peer out like .... What was Grimalkin compared to?

• A flower bud slowly opening up to reveal its beauty

• A startled rabbit popping its head up from a burrow

• An opossum from its mother's pouch

• A mischievous gnome peeking out from a hidden lair

Who said this? "I knew thee could not possibly have sprouted a tail so quickly."

• Teacher Snevely

• Mamma

• Papa

• Uncle Phineas

They passed farm carts loaded with ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   and pigs and​ (c)   and flax and ​ (d)   for the market in Philadelphia.

• wheat
• cabbages
• chickens
• corn
• apples
• tomatoes
• plums
• peach