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TOLIVER'S SECRET

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the location of this narrative?
a)
England
b)
New York 
c)
Long Island
d)
Buffalo
2.
Who is the protagonist?
(Main character)
a)
Mother
b)
Grandfather
c)
King George III
d)
Ellen Toliver
3.
What did Mother hide in a loaf of bread?
a)
A silver snuffbox
b)
A diamond ring
c)
money
d)
a key
4.
Who is living upstairs in Grandfather's house?
a)
Ellen's brother
b)
No one
c)
6 British officers
d)
mice
5.
Why does Ellen procrastinate (dawdle) when she is supposed to go to the pump to get water early in the morning?
a)
She likes to stay in bed.
b)
She is avoiding a bully.
c)
They have running water, so why bother?
d)
She is afraid of the soldiers.
6.
When is this story set?
a)
During the Age of Exploration
b)
Colonial times
c)
During the start of the Revolutionary War
d)
modern times
7.
What does jauntily mean?
a)
In a  slow way
b)
lively and carefree
c)
poorly
d)
accuartely
8.
What does gingerly mean?
a)
quickly
b)
unusually
c)
ackwardly
d)
carefully
9.
What does haughtily mean?
a)
in a sneaky way
b)
in a proud way
c)
in a slow way
d)
in a strange way
10.
What does grandfather do for a living?
a)
He is a cobbler.
b)
He is a cooper.
c)
He is a blacksmith.
d)
He is a wig-maker.
11.
Where is Ellen's brother, Ezra?
a)
He is dead.
b)
He is in Europe.
c)
No one knows.
d)
He is on a whaling ship.
12.
What happened to Ellen's father?
a)
He died of old age.
b)
He died of a terrible disease.
c)
He is in prison.
d)
He was killed at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights.
13.
Why did Ellen and Mother move in with Grandfather?
a)
They wanted to experience life in a city.
b)
Ellen's father got a job in New York.
c)
They were running out of money, food and the weather was getting cold.
14.
When Mother says, "Those of us who are patriots, here in town, must lie low." Ellen compare them to which animals?
a)
rabbits
b)
hedgehogs
c)
seals
d)
mice
15.
Why did barbers always have leeches handy?
a)
To make their customers sick.
b)
To put on bruises and swellings to suck out the blood.
c)
To put on their faces to make them more handsome.
d)
For a tasty snack
16.
What were the women in the line at the pump always talking about?
a)
The high price of gas.
b)
The high prices of shipping goods to England.
c)
The cute British officers.
d)
The high prices of goods like wool and firewood.
17.
Why does the woman at the pump think Dicey picks on Ellen?
a)
She is just mean.
b)
She is jealous that Ellen looks like someone cares about her.
c)
She wants all of the water for herself.
d)
She thinks she is better than everyone else.
18.
Ellen does not stand up for herself. Where does she go when she runs away?
a)
She goes to anohter pump farther away.
b)
She finds a quiet corner to cry in.
c)
Home.
d)
She goes to find Mother.
19.
If the man with the basket of candles had an apron covered with tallow, and Ellen thought her face was as pale as tallow,what might tallow be?
a)
gold
b)
a kind of soup to eat
c)
a special kind of hat 
d)
animal fat that can be burned to make light
20.
When Grandfather arrived home, what had happened to him?
a)
He won a bet with a friend.
b)
He had sprained his ankle.
c)
He sang a song about Captain Kidd.
d)
He ate a big meal and took a nap.
21.

What does Ellen do when the British soldiers try to take the bread from Ellen?

a)

Throw it to the other side of the boat.

b)

Give it to them willingly.

c)

Throw it over the boat.

d)

Put her arms over it like a turtle going into a shell.

22.

Why did Higgins say that the Patriots were good shooters so many times?

a)

He wanted to shoot like them.

b)

They were so ragged that they couldn't fight.

c)

Shooting ability was an important skill in war and he was impressed by their shooting skills.

d)

He wasn't as good as them and he was jealous.

23.

What was the name of the tavern that Ellen was going to deliver the message.

a)

Red Lion

b)

Jolly Fox

c)

Blue Dog

d)

Yellow Elephant

24.

What was the first line in the song that Higgins started to sing?

a)

"Sweet Carolina"

b)

"Come all you soldiers bold, lend an ear...."

c)

" Another one bites the dust..."

d)

" If you are happy and you know it....."

25.

What does Ellen do when Dow says that the Patriots are cowards?

a)

She changes the subject.

b)

Says nothing.

c)

She disagrees and says "No".

d)

Agrees

26.

What are Higgins' feelings about being scared?

a)

Ellen shouldn't be afraid.

b)

It's nothing to be ashamed if you do your best.

c)

He never gets scared.

d)

He's afraid of spiders.

27.

Why did Dow say, "I am as gentle as a morn in May"?

a)

He thought that Ellen was afraid of him because of how she was acting.

b)

Higgins said Dow is rude a lot.

c)

He wanted Ellen to give him the bread.

d)

He was pestering Ellen.

28.

Where did Ellen head to after the boat ride was done?

a)

Back to New York

b)

Jolly Fox Tavern

c)

To General Washington

d)

Home

29.

How did Ellen make the soldiers not get the secret bread?

a)

She threw it overboard.

b)

She gave them her corn cakes.

c)

She made a deal with them

d)

She ate it.

30.
Which of the following quotations best captures Ellen's emotions when she learned that she was in Perth Amboy?
a)
"...she felt like shouting, 'Here I am! Here I am at last!'" (92)
b)
"She looked eagerly at all the signs hanging above the shops..." (93)
c)
"She couldn't think and she suddenly felt very hot." (94)
d)
"'Oh thank you,' said Ellen gratefully." (95)
31.
One of the main themes of Chapter 8 is that help can come from unlikely sources. Choose two details that best support this theme?
1.  Ellen learned that some of the soldiers were Highlanders.
2.  The workman told Ellen that stagecoachers go to Elizabeth-town.
3.  Dow called out to Ellen when he saw her.
4.  Higgins gave Ellen a silver coin.
a)
1 and 3
b)
1 and 4
c)
2 and 3
d)
2 and 4
32.
Which of the following best describes the narrator's point of view in Chapter 9?
a)
First person: the narrator is one of the characters in the story.
b)
Third person objective: none of the characters' thoughts are directly revealed.
c)
Third person limited: Only Ellen's thoughts are directly revealed.
d)
Third person Omniscient: Each character's thoughts are revealed.
33.
(adjective) knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age
Which word in the paragraph most closely matches the above definition.
" The old man turned around.  He looked thin and tired and his face was so gnarled it seemed to be made from dried apple.  Little bunches of gray hairs grew from his ears.  He sucked in his wrinkled lips and squinted at her with sharp beady eyes."
a)
gnarled
b)
squinted
c)
wrinkled
d)
beady
34.
What detail from the text best supports the inference that Ellen gained confidence from Higgins' encouragement.
a)
"She couldn't even see Higgins as he marched away."
b)
"Suddenly she could feel tears splashing down on her jacket and all her efforts to be brave broke down."
c)
"He had given her something more important than money."
d)
"But inside she was trembling."
35.

What is the simile in Chapter 5?

a)

Ellen stood frozen with fear.

b)

Dicey turned away crying like a bawling calf.

c)

She wasn't sure what the secret was.

d)

You expect me to cut my daughter's hair like that?

36.

Where does Ellen hide after she gets away from the boys?

a)

fireplace in a burned out house

b)

hay cart

c)

church

d)

at home

37.

What did Ellen use to stop the boys.

a)

fist

b)

rock

c)

a broom

d)

stick

38.

What did Ellen hit the Brinkerhoff boys with to make them stop?

a)

a broom

b)

a stick

c)

a baguette

d)

a trash can

39.

What was stolen from Ellen in the story?

a)

necklace

b)

shoes

c)

hat

d)

Bread

40.

Where does Ellen hide from the Brinkerhoff boys?

a)

a shed

b)

a broken down house

c)

her house

d)

the bakeshop

41.

What does Ellen see in the burned out house while she is hiding?

a)

old dog

b)

people

c)

cats

d)

the boys

42.

How did Ellen get kind of lost in the beginning of the story?

a)

running away from the Brinkerhoff boys

b)

running away from Dicey

c)

running away from pigs and horses

d)

running home

43.

How did Dicey react when the two boys pinned her to the tree?

a)

Dicey threw snow back at them.

b)

Dicey screamed "stop" and ran away.

c)

Dicey just stayed there and cried.

d)

Dicey ran over to Ellen.

44.

How did Grandfather point out directions to Ellen?

a)

by the moon

b)

by the shadows that the sun makes

c)

by guessing

d)

with a compass

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