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WorksheetsCHAINS Ch. 40-45
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Just after the New Year, shocking news comes to the Lockton home. What is the news?
George Washington has been killed in battle.
The Rebels have a new leader: Benjamin Franklin
King George is making a special journey to the Americas to oversee the rest of the war himself.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Why has Master Lockton's trip to London been pushed closer?
Because he's sick of Madam Lockton and has made an excuse to leave earlier.
Because he has to deliver news to British Parliament more quickly about recent setbacks in the war.
Because ships to Britain only leave once a month.
Because he's frightened of the Rebels and wants to get out of town as fast as possible.
The hungry hungry prison guard (we learn his name is Fisher) wants to hire Isabel to do WHAT?
Fetch water from the water pump for all the prisoners.
Guard the prisoners while he slips out to see his family.
Be his personal chef.
Clean up the puke and waste from the sick prisoners.
Sarah, the servant bosslady, gives birth to her baby...WHERE in the house?
In the attic.
In the kitchen.
In the parlor.
In the cellar.
Sarah names her baby WHAT?
Elihu (after Master Lockton)
Hawkins (after Colonel Hawkins)
George (after the King...or possibly George Washington)
Bigsby (after...nobody! This is her custom-picked name.)
Fearing her days are numbered, Lady Seymour calls Isabel to sit down by her bed sideand asks Isabel for forgiveness. Forgiveness for WHAT?
Buying her such ugly shoes for Christmas.
Being so sick and being such a burden for Isabel to take care of.
Not buying Isabel away from Madam Lockton.
Not setting Isabel free.
Isabel sneakily does WHAT to make things difficult for Colonel Hawkins's military meeting in the drawing room?
She puts the greenest, dampest logs in the fireplace so they won't burn easily, making the room too cold to work.
She hides his war maps in places he can't find them.
She spills a pitcher of water all over the war plans so the ink bleeds, making them unreadable.
She goes as slow as she can when fetching food and water for the meeting so Colonel Hawkins gets frustrated and leaves.
Although the book Common Sense is sometimes difficult to read and understand, Isabel learns all of the following 'dangerous' ideas EXCEPT:
People born wealthy are NOT born to rule over others.
It is right to fight against injustice.
All people are the same; nobody deserves a crown or to be better than anyone else.
Royal blood is more pure than non-royal blood and deserves respect.
Everyone who is British is having a big celebration - a ball - in honor of WHAT?
Victory over the Rebels in New York.
Queen Charlotte's birthday.
King George's birthday.
Victory over the Rebels in Boston.
The servents joke that Queen Charlotte shouldn't have time for a celebration because she has __________ children to look after.
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Lady Seymour's health gets worse. What happens?
Her cough gets so bad that she is vomits.
She dies.
She goes into a coma; breathing, but unable to wake up.
She has a seizure that looks a bit like Ruth's seizures...and ends up virtually paralyzed.
Because of Lady Seymour's health status, Madam Lockton demands WHAT?
To have Lady Seymour's dead body be carted off to be buried.
To have Lady Seymour moved downstairs, to have Isabel deep-clean everything in the bedroom, and to have Isabel to air out the bedroom thereafter.
To have Isabel be a 24-hour watch over Lady Seymour's bed in case she dies in the middle of the night.
To have Lady Seymour loaded into a carriage and carted off to the Locktons' Charleston home.
Because Madam Lockton demanded the windows be open in the middle of cold January, her bed is freezing so she demands Isabel warm it up. Isabel imagines...
Dumping hot coals on the bed so it catches fire and asking Madam Lockton, "Is that warm enough?"
Madam Lockton freezing solid like icy clothes on a clothesline, then smashing Madam Lockton with a hammer so she shatters.
Madam Lockton's twisted face as she tries to slide into a bed like a frozen lake.
Her own cozy bed next to the hearth in the parlor.
Isabel starts having thoughts and memories of Ruth, and Momma, and Poppa again. What seems to have triggered the thoughts/memories?
Isabel saw another little girl on the street playing with a doll.
Lady Seymour's regret and sadness about not buying Isabel away from Madam Lockton.
The news of the recent Rebel victories is making Isabel think of her family as free people.
Isabel looks at the seeds she has saved from Momma's plant.
Isabel thinks of how she would be willing to ___________ to free herself from slavery, as other slaves have done.
Write poetry.
Work on her free Sundays to gather enough money.
Use the Underground Railroad.
Get on her knees and beg her master.
Isabel compares Lady Seymour being paralyzed/trapped in her own body to...
Curzon being a prisoner in his cell.
Isabel being trapped as a slave in the Lockton house.
The Rebels being cornered in Jersey by the British.
Laundry being frozen on a clothesline.
Thomas Paine's Common Sense book inspires Isabel to start thinking...
"A person forced to serve a master must rise up to murder that master because no person shall own another."
"If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?"
"Womenfolk are much wiser than menfolk."
"Family is more important than any other pursuit."
As Isabel ponders how she would escape to freedom, she gets discouraged by thoughts of which of the following:
Guards protecting King's Bridge, Greenwich Road, and Post Road.
Getting shot in the water if she tried to swim across the river.
New York being an island; tough to escape.
All of the above.
None of the above.
After weeks of not interacting with Captain Morse, Isabel is asked by him to do which of the following?:
Deliver bread pudding to his men who are prisoners.
Deliver payment on a lost bet he made with Captain William Ferrar.
Deliver a message of surrender. to British Colonel Hawkins.
Deliver an invitation to the ball to his special lady.
What was the bet Captain Morse made with Captain William Ferrar?
That the British wouldn't be cruel enough to hold a birthday celebration ball while so many people were suffering.
That the British wouldn't win another victory over the Rebels.
That the Rebels wouldn't win another victory over the British.
That he could do 50 more pushups than Captian Ferrar.
Why can't Captain Morse deliver the bet payment himself?
Captain Morse is a wanted man and will be shot on sight by the British if they see him.
The British have ordered all American officers to stay confined in their lodgings; they don't want anyone causing trouble during the ball.
The journey is too far for Captain Morse to walk on his injured leg.
Captain Morse believes Captain Ferrar will not accept the payment from him.
Isabel will know Captain Ferrar's house by its...
Blue shutters.
White shutters.
Red shutters.
Yellow shutters.
Captain Ferrar ALSO has soldiers who have been imprisoned. Where does he say they are being held?
The church.
The theater.
The barn.
The sugarhouse.
Captain Ferrar asks Isabel to do a favor for HIM. What is it?
Give him another wager/bet on a note.
Take Captain Morse's mone back to him.
Deliver a note from headquarters to Captain Morse.
Nothing. He stops himself before actually asking her.
When Isabel gets home, Madam Lockton immediately does WHAT to her?
Bashes her on top of the head with another painting.
Strikes her with a horseriding crop (short whip) across the face.
Beats her across the back with a broom.
Claws at her arm with her long nails.
Why is Madam Lockton so angry with Isabel?
She heard gossip that Isabel was talking with Rebel officers.
She found Isabel's Common Sense book.
She needs her fancy dress for the ball and Isabel forgot to bring it home.
She blames Isabel for the cold bedsheets.
Madam Lockton demands Isabel give over the note from Captain Ferrar. What does Isabel do with the note.
Rips it up right in front of Madam Lockton.
Crumples it up and swallows it.
Tosses it into the fire.
Hands it over.
After Isabel's act of rebellion with the note, Madam Lockton does which of the following?
Slaps Isabel across the face (as she did the first day they landed in New York).
Throws a bowl at Isabel (it breaks against the fireplace).
Threatens again to sell Isabel to an even crueler master.
All of the above.
None of the above.
In her fury, what key information does Madam Lockton let slip out of her mouth?
That she smothered Lady Seymour in her sleep with a pillow!
That Ruth was never sold; the Locktons still own her and she's down at their Charleston home!
That Master Lockton never went to London and was, in fact, part of a secret team sent to kill George Washington!
That she is the one who started the fires that swept through New York!
What ends the conflict between Madam Lockton and Isabel?
A loud cannon can be heard in the distance, saluting the Queen. It frightens both Madam Lockton and Isabel.
Hannah stands between the two with her hands up and calms them down.
Isabel runs out of the room in an angry blaze.
The hairdresser has come knocking at the house to help Madam Lockton get ready for the ball.
Madam Lockton orders WHAT to be done to Isabel?
That she be locked in the potato bin.
That she be branded on her other cheek.
That she be sold on Monday.
That she be put in the stocks in the Commons.
After a few hopeless hours locked in the potato bin, Isabel thinks she hears a sound...coming from where?
A boom like thunder, coming from a cannon at the celebration.
A roar like a lion, coming from within her.
A whisper like a gentle breeze, coming from the ghosts of her ancestors.
A laugh like a witch, coming from Madam Lockton.
What thought gives Isabel the strength and determination to start trying to free herself from the padlocked potato bin?
That Ruth is alive in a town she can walk to.
That Poppa was strong like a lion and she can be, too.
That Momma would never give up and neither should she.
That Hannah brought her water, a blanket, and a chamber pot; she did NOT want to spend longer in the bin than she had to.
How does Isabel free herself from the potato bin?
She uses a rock to smash open the padlock.
She digs a hole beneath the potatoes under the walls of the bin.
She thinks of how one corner of the bin will have wet, rotted wood that will be weaker and kicks the wood until it breaks.
She screams at the top her lungs until someone passing by in a carriage stops to let her out.
Isabel goes up to Colonel Hawkins's war room to retrieve all of the following EXCEPT:
A map of the colonies to the south.
An official signed pass, freeing a slave.
Proof of British plots to kill George Washington.
Information about the tides.
Isabel has a moment of extreme empowerment when looking at her reflection in the mirror above the fireplace. She sees all of the following EXCEPT:
She sees the bees buzzing in her head under her kerchief.
She sees her eyes are her Poppa's and the scar on her face resembles the tribal scars on her Poppa's face.
She sees her nose and her mouth are her Momma's.
She sees the capital letter 'I' and realizes it stands for ISABEL, not 'insolence'.
Isabel - a slave who is not supposed to know how to read or write - fills out her own freedom pass! Not only is this very freeing and powerful, but so is Isabel choosing her own last name on the pass. What name does she choose?
Finch
Gardener
Cuffe
Dinah
Isabel thinks of how she and Queen Charlotte share something. What is it?
A fierce, commanding spirit.
Parents who are extremely powerful.
A 'birth' day.
A love of America.
How does Isabel plan on sneaking important supplies along her journey?
Multiple layers of clothes; Common Sense, piece of statue, pass, and seeds all in a pocket; map rolled up in a covered basket.
Multiple layers of clothes; Common Sense, piece of statue, pass, and seeds all in a covered basket; map sewn into her skirt.
Multiple layers of clothes; Common Sense, piece of statue, pass, and seeds all in a pocket; map sewn into her skirt; food in a covered basket.
Multiple layers of clothes; Common Sense, piece of statue, pass, and seeds all sewn into her skirt; map folded up in a pocket; food in a covered basket.
Isabel almost leaves the house without doing anything for Lady Seymour...but ends up being kind and putting more wood on the fire and giving her water to drink. What does Lady Seymour (with a nod) give Isabel permission to take?
Her coin purse.
Her heavy cloak.
Her newspaper.
Her fancy dress as a disguise for the ball.
WHY does Lady Seymour seem to let Isabel take the money (we can infer, based on her wordless motions)?
Because Lady Seymour knows Madam Lockton is going to steal her money anyway.
Because Lady Seymour is scared Isabel might hurt her.
Because Isabel rescued the picture of Lady Seymour's husband from the fire.
Because Lady Seymour has been saving the money for Isabel.
Lady Seymour manages to say one final word to Isabel after shedding one tear. What is it?
Ruth.
Sorry.
Thanks.
Run.
Isabel almost runs away without doing anything about Curzon, but instead goes to the prison one last time. What is her lie to get inside?
She tells the guard she has been ordered by Colonel Hawkins to clean the cells, as the guard suggested to her before.
She tells the guard she has come to see her brother one last time before he dies.
She tells the guard she left her master's cloak behind and he wants it back.
She tells the guard the celebration outside is amazing and he should take a look.
How does Isabel cleverly sneak Curzon out of the prison?
She uses the wheelbarrow for two trips to dump the chamber pots from the first cell into a pit outside; then she skips cells two and three and instead hides Curzon under a blanket on her third trip out, claiming he's a corpse.
Wearing multiple layers of clothing, she sneaks in one layer to Curzon, who dresses in them and pretends to be Isabel herself taking out the wheelbarrow. Isabel then follows a short time later as herself, and the guard thinks only one person has left.
Isabel puts some of the same potion/drug into the guard's food as Madam Lockton put in hers earlier in the book. While Isabel works on cleaning the cells, the guard falls into a deep sleep and Curzon and Isabel walk out freely.
Isabel leads the prisoners in a revolt and by sheer numbers they are able to overcome the guard and pour out of the prison.
On her way out, Isabel runs back into the fourth cell to grab WHAT?
She doesn't run back to the fourth cell.
The piece of the King George statue she dropped.
Extra clothing from a dead prisoner - for Curzon.
Curzon's red hat.
How many blocks does Isabel wheel Curzon toward the wharf?
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Isabel stops two blocks short of wheeling Curzon to the wharf. WHY?
Six British guards are standing in the way by a fire.
An observant dog is nearby and could draw attention to them.
The whellbarrow's creaky wheels would make too much noise on the cobblestones.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Isabel decides to support a weak and limping Curzon on foot the last two blocks. The dog notices them and starts barking, but as luck would have it, the soldiers don't do anything because...
The soldiers are kind enough to let Isabel and Curzon pass.
They are too busy being distracted by the celebration fireworks.
They throw the dog some of the food to shut it up real quick.
Isabel's signed pass gets them through the checkpoint.
As Isabel tries to row herself and Curzon to freedom in Jersey, which of the following happens?:
Isabel gets blisters on her hands that pop and re-pop over and over.
The fireworks make all the celebrating British loyalists look up into the sky, thus providing cover down below as Isabel rows in the water.
Isabel believes she can see the ghosts of her people in the water, guiding and helping her across.
All of the above.
None of the above.
Isabel falls asleep, exhausted from rowing. When she wakes, she at first believes she has ended up where? Where is she actually?
Hell; Still in New York.
Heaven; Jersey.
Heaven: Charleston.
Hell: Brooklyn.
What does the note from Captain Ferrar to Captain Morse say?
"We need to surrender."
"Our prisoners must break free tonight."
"Headquarters commands us to lead an uprising during the ball."
All of the above.
None of the above.
What can the reader infer will be Isabel's goal in the next book, FORGE?
To travel back to her ancestors' homeland.
To travel to Ruth in Charleston.
To travel to Canada to freedom.
To travel to the West for gold.
