Quiz 1 - Dark Water Rising - by Marian Hale Chapters 1-5

What does Galveston not have?

• local & long distance telephone service

• three big concert halls

• electric street cars

• a ship building factory

• electric lights

What does Seth's Papa want for him?

• to be a carpenter

• to be a foreman

• to be a railman

• to be a doctor

What did Seth want to do until school started?

• swim and fish

• read and sleep

• work and sleep

• fish and read

What is Seth going to be doing until school starts?

• shing in East End Flats

• babysitting Kate for his Mama

• working as a carpenter's helper

• working at the store with Ben

What does "Knowing which side of the bread to butter" mean?

• knows how to make toast properly

• knows how to make himself look good

• knows how to take care of children

• knows how to be kind to others

What is a "Portable Bathhouse"?

• a bathtub on wheels

• an outhouse on wheels

• a cart you moved with you to bathe in if you didn't have running water

• a cart that took swimmers into the water to keep their feet out of the sand

What was making Seth uncomfortable about Ezra?

• how the adults were treating him

• how Ezra rushed about all the time

• how slow Ezra was about everything

• he wasn't used to black people

Why did Seth have trouble falling asleep after the Labor Day parade?

• he didn't feel at home

• he was nervous about starting his new job

• his brothers were annoying him

• his bed squeaked

What does "Hornswaggle" mean?

• break the ice

• hold your horses

• pull the wool over someone's eyes

• beat around the bush

Where had Seth heard the name Covington before?

• he hadn't really heard the name before

• Ben had said he had a friend with that name

• his bosses name was supposed to be Covington

• the girl down the street from his cousin's house