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WorksheetsCHAINS Ch. 32-34
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
About how many homes does Isabel say were destroyed in the fire (along with churches, stables, and shops)?
500
1,000
5,000
5,500
With all the burning smells in the air as a result of the fire, townspeople were finding it difficult to eat what?
Wheat
Potatoes
Dessert
Meat
Innocent people are being killed by the British in violent ways for being suspected (without proof) of starting the fire. Which of these is NOT one of the ways the text describes people being executed?
Hung upside down, throat cut (yeesh!).
Dragged by a rope on the ground behind a running horse (whoah!)
Run through the chest with a bayonet (ouch!)
Thrown into an already-burning shop (agggh!)
Which part of Lady Seymour 'has gone to sleep' (become paralyzed) due to complications from the fire?
From the waist up.
From the waist down.
Her right side.
Her left side.
Because the British soldiers no longer have lots of shelter, they're having to cram into Loyalists' homes with their children and wives. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the book as a consequence of so many people cramming into the Lockton House?
Having more people is attracting more rats!
Body odors are bad enough to make Isabel's eyes water!
Isabel has to share the cellar with five soldiers and their families.
Lady Seymour has to sleep in the same room as Master and Madam Lockton!
Which of these treatments does the doctor use on Lady Seymour?
Gives her a mixture of roots and herbs with healing properties.
Makes her take an ice cold bath twice a day.
Bleeds her - twice.
Nothing - he says she will be paralyzed on her left side forever.
During one of the cold nights sleeping in the cellar with the soldiers, one of the soldiers does WHAT to Isabel?
Spits in her face and calls her a "filthy animal."
Steals her blanket in the middle of the night.
Kindly asks her about Ruth.
Hands an infant to Isabel and tells her to take care of it so he and his wife can get some sleep.
During the Autumn months, Isabel says everything appears as a shade of what color?
Yellow - like the 'bees in her brainpan.'
Red - like her anger.
Orange - like the changing leaves on the trees.
Gray - like the ashes.
As the weather gets colder, Isabel is worried about what, for herself and for Ruth?
Dry, cracking skin.
Deep, painful cough.
Stiff, achy joints.
Cold, frostbit hands.
As yet another symbol of Isabel's hopelessness, Isabel notices...
The plants growing from mother's seeds have died.
Her own sad reflection in a puddle on the street.
The charred remains of Ruth's doll being kicked by a soldier.
Her clothes are tattered and falling apart.
British Colonel Hawkins uses Isabel as a messenger and errand girl. He sends her out to get __________ for him, which he really loves.
potatoes
honey
almonds
sardines
People are talking that the British will wait for ________________ before attacking the Rebels (American Colonists).
the fires to stop burning
more British soldiers to arrive
Christmas
Spring
An article about WHAT in the newspaper seems to excite/upset Lady Seymour?
A Rebel invasion just a mile away.
A man with blond hair searching for his lost wife.
Plans to reconstruct damaged homes, including hers.
British soldiers damaging the library.
Lady Seymour shows yet another act of kindness toward Isabel when she...
Sticks up for her after Madam Lockton calls her an 'idiot.'
Pays for a seamstress make a heavy skirt and cloak for Isabel.
Lets Isabel move her bedding into the parlor of the Lockton house.
Tells Isabel she's like a daughter to her.
As Isabel goes to the Tea Water Pump, a huge, jeering crowd gathers to watch...
Captured Rebels being marched into the prison.
British soldiers practicing war drills.
An improvised puppet show about the war.
A hay-stuffed dummy made to look like a British soldier being torn apart by Rebels.
Among the captured Rebels being marched into the prison, Isabel notices...
One of them is Grandfather (old man) from the water pump.
One of them is Colonel Regan.
One of them has a ripped brown-red hat.
One of them is George Washington.
In celebration of so many Rebels captured, Madam Lockton plans a party at the house. She wants everything to look great so she does all of the following EXCEPT...
Gets a hairdresser to create a wave-shaped tower of red hair on her head.
Allows only the prettiest of the soldiers' wives to help serve the meal.
Strings colored lanterns above the dining table to cast a rainbow shimmer over dinner.
Glues bits of mouse fur above her eyes as fashionable eyebrows.
How many turtles are butchered to make the turtle soup for the party?
0
1
3
5
Isabel describes Lady Seymour at dinner looking like...
"an elegant spider"
"a fancy fox"
"a beautiful bird"
"a withered flower"
The guests joke about going fox hunting, and say the next fox they plan to get will be...
a black fox seen running in town.
the city of Boston.
George Washington.
mounted on the wall as a trophy.
The British soldiers brag about how many Rebel prisoners they've captured, but can't decide what they'll do with all of them. They consider doing all of the following EXCEPT...
Letting them starve.
Letting them freeze.
Shooting them.
Hoping a plague (sickness) will kill them.
What comical thing happens as a result of the temperature rising in the room of the dinner party?
Master Lockton's sweaty forehead makes him look like a drowned rat.
Madam Lockton's eyebrow slips off and falls into her pudding.
The candles melt too quickly and the room goes pitch dark.
Three soldiers pass out face-first into their turtle soup.
Lady Seymour shows AGAIN at dinner that she has some morals when she...
Suggests that the British soldiers treat the Rebel prisoners with kindness and respect since the Rebels have British captives of their own who they'd want treated fairly.
Gives Isabel her leftover fancy food.
Offers to help clean up the dishes and the kitchen, even though she still struggles with strength and coordination on the left side of her body.
Tells the British soldiers she thinks they are "monsters".
Normally after dinner, Isabel is expected to do WHAT with the table scraps?
Mix them with muck and spread them on the garden.
Dump them down the outhouse (privy) pit.
Feed them to the hogs out back.
Eat them herself.
As the cold night approaches, we can infer from Isabel's actions and her statement, "A dim plan hatched itself in my brainpan..." that Isabel is thinking about...
Sleeping by the fire tonight.
Escaping tonight, using her new cloak as warmth.
Curzon's well being in the cold prison.
Taking revenge on the Locktons tonight.
What is one visual hint the author gives that Isabel *might* just be swaying back to the Rebel side?
Isabel takes off her apron.
Isabel notices through the windows the officers hovering over a map.
Isabel loads her arms up with firewood before coming back in the house from outside.
Isabel watches as her breath reaches in the cold night toward the stars.
