WorksheetsSweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt - Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 45mins
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does "field hand" mean in the following sentence:
"I got sent home from North Farm to Home Plantation 'cause they needed another field hand".
Someone who works in the big house
Someone who works in a field
Someone who finds hands in a field
A field of hands
In the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "seamstress" mean in the following sentence:
"You 'gon be a real seamstress that's why."
Someone who weeds in the field
Someone who cleans houses
Someone who sews
Someone who seems nice
In the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, who is the "overseer" on the plantation?
The person who owns slaves
The person who chases runaway slaves
The person who buys slaves
The person who watches over slaves working in the field
In the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "bustle" mean in the following sentence:
"There was always lots of bustle and company in the kitchen".
Excited activity and movement
Food and drinks
Dishes
Little children
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, who are the Paterollers?
Men who free slaves
Men who hire runaway slaves
Men who fire runaway slaves
Men who chase runaway slaves
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does it mean to "squirrel away" something?
Give to squirrels
Hide something
Save something for later
Run away
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what are the Quarters?
Money
A bee hive
The area where the slaves live
The big house
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "skirting" mean in the following sentence:
"We kept on as fast as we could, skirting farms and towns and making our way through the woods"
Go around
Go through
Get dressed
Buy clothes
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "Contrary" mean in the following sentence:
"Instead of being contrary, that needle did all I wanted, just like it was part of my hand."
Same direction
Bad
Good
Opposite in nature or direction
