Crow Chapters 1-3

What kind of plantation did Boo Nanny live on in the past?

• cotton
• soybean
• turpentine

Why did Mr. Marsh seek out Miss Josephine's help?

• The neighbors consider Miss Josephine to be a healer and his wife is sick.
• He wants her to come tell ghost stories at a party.
• He is angry that she is late completing his family's laundry.

What does Boo Nanny most often bake and have around the house?

• cookies
• biscuits
• pies

What prompts Moses's father to tell him, "You aren't necessarily smarter than they are--just luckier"?

• Moses calls the boys his age who work at the printing press "chowderheads" and makes fun of them for not being literate.
• Moses snuck into the swimming hole and he wasn't supposed to.
• Moses and his friends had a competitive game with a group of white boys their age.

What literary term is this best an example of: "The buzzard knew.. He gave the first warning."

• metaphor
• symbolism
• foreshadowing

Why did Moses go to visit the newspaper office?

• He has always dreamed of being a writer and wants to see it for himself.
• He is curious if the rumors about Alex Manly are true.
• He wants to show his father his perfect attendance award.

Why do Moses and Lewis have to run away from the scene on Water St.?

• Lewis upsets a horse, which causes a commotion.
• Moses tries to steal ice.
• They see their fathers walking down the street.

True or false: Moses's grandmother wears a cabbage leaf on her head to protect her from the sun.

• True
• False

True or false: Alex Manley is the editor of the Wilmington Daily Record.

• True
• False

True or false: Alex Manley is African American.

• True
• False