The Yearling, chapters 2 & 3

Which statement is not true?

• Penny Baxter is lying in bed, thinking.

• He can't sleep because of the full moon.

• He is wondering if he should have punished Jody.

• He is afraid the werewolves may come out tonight.

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Match Penny's recollections of his father.

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• Worked the kids to the bone

• Mellow

• Strict

• Farmer

• The best pa ever

• Preacher

• Good provider

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What is Penny's' real name?

• Ezra Ezekiel Baxter

• Ezekiel Ezra Baxter

• Ezekiel Penny Baxter

• Ezra Lem Baxter

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What is the name of Penny's father?

• Ezra

• Lem

• Orry

• Penny

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How did Lem come up with the nickname Penny?

• Penny was very small.

• Penny made a lot of money.

• Penny was very helpful.

• Penny was priceless.

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Check the reason(s) Penny was so small and scrawny (like a penny).

• He was always very small.

• His father worked him hard.

• He had a large family, and they didn't have a lot of food to share.

• His dad thought it was a cute nickname.

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Match these character traits of Penny Baxter

• Misunderstood

• Intended to have a lot of children, but most of them died as infants.

• Patriotic

• Fought in the Civil War.

• Determined

• Got married, bought land from the Forresters, and built a house there, even though the only water source was a sinkhole.

• Honest

• Wants to move into the scrub forest, away from city life.

• Unfortunate

• He walked miles back to a store to return the extra dollar they'd mistakenly given him in change.

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Why doesn't Ora show affection to Jody?

• All of these

• She is a cold, mean woman.

• She is traumatized by losing so many babies.

• She has to make up for her husband spoiling their son.

• None of these

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Why did Lem Forrester make fun of Jody?

• He said his heart was black.

• He said his hair was whiter than an apparition.

• He said his ears looked funny.

• all of these

• none of these

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In chapter 3 Jody wakes up, heads to the ​ (a)   , and starts examining himself in the mirror. He declares that he is ​ (b)   , and his Ma agrees! He says he wishes he was ​ (c)   like the ​ (d)   . Ma says Jody should be ​ (e)   that he isn't. The Forresters are as "black as their hearts."

• bathroom
• kitchen
• ugly
• dark
• Forresters
• proud
• shadows
• getting taller
• bitter

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