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WorksheetsStella By Starlight Chapters 18- 23
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What did Papa do while he needed to think?
chopped wood
read the newspaper
rode old Rudie
traced circles in the table
Why did Stella miss a day of school with her dad?
Her dad needed her to do chores around the house.
Her dad needed her to go with him to the library.
Her dad needed her as a standing stone (his support) as he went to register to vote.
Her dad needed her to help feed the cows and chickens.
What did the Pastor pray for before they went to register to vote?
more respect for black people
to stand up for dignity
for honoring their ancestors
to remove their shame
What did the clerk at the Voter Registration Office say to the black men (and Stella)?
Y'all are too dumb to vote
Y'all don't have enough money to vote
Y'all don't deserve any rights to vote
Y'all should be scared to vote
What did one of the white men say as he was leaving the Voter Registration Office?
Don't forget to pick up your lunch later today
You make sure to tell the Sheriff about these black folks
See you at the triple K meeting tonight
Make sure to burn those voter registration cards for those black folk
During the 'Sit-In' protest at the Voter Registration Office, what song did they sing?
Go Where I Send Thee
Hallelujah The Lord is Here
Go Down Moses
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
What does the word recitation mean?
a document you receive to go to court
a place where you go to board a train
following directions to make a food item
repeating something from memory
Why did Jojo think he saw a cow with no head in the dark?
A black bear was at the outhouse.
He saw a black cow with a white head.
He saw a white cow with a black head.
The neighbor boys were playing a trick on him by making a mooing sound.
What is a stoop?
a small step used to get on a horse
a small porch
a place chickens live
a dark place where vegetables are stored
What is an adjective for perplexed?
sorrowful
quiet
happy
confused
How much tax did Papa, Mr. Spencer, and Pastor Patton each have to pay to register to vote?
two dollars
fifty cents
one dollar
five dollars
As Mr. Pineville was checking over the men's test, what did Stella discover about him?
He helped them cheat.
He was marking every answer wrong.
He couldn't read very well.
He couldn't see.
As Papa and Stella rode to the Voter Registration Office, Stella learned what about Papa?
As a child, his house burned.
When he was young, Papa used to write.
Papa's family had a fancy car in the barn.
His mama died when he was six.
Why did Papa have to tell Stella his story about his Granny?
His father burned the stories Papa wrote because it was "girly stuff".
His letters were burned when the house caught on fire.
He misplaced the papers and could never find them.
He didn't like writing stories, only telling them.
What was Stella's "True Story"?
A cow was running through the yard without a head.
Frogs were hiding in the piano.
Mama liked canning beans.
Papa tried to enlist in the army, but was told he could not join.
What was unfair about the way the white men registered to vote?
They could vote without registering.
They could tell Mr. Pineville who they wanted to elect.
They didn't have to take a test or pay a tax, only sign their names on a form.
They only had to pay one dollar to register to vote.
What did Stella learn in school last week that Papa wanted her to tell Mr. Pineville?
the multiplication facts
a section of the Declaration of Independence
facts about Presidents Washington and Lincoln
the rights of voters
What disrespectful thing did Mr. Pineville call Stella?
a pet monkey
a bratty kid
a childish baby
a pet raccoon
What is the meaning of "Dust becomes words"?
Wind blows the dust and makes your eyes become gritty.
You can write words in the dust.
Sweeping the floor makes you sing.
Sawdust is used to make books.
How was Papa educated?
He went to school through eleventh grade.
The teacher brought books to his house and he read them after work.
He went to college.
His mama taught him.
