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Sweep 10 Chapters 55-59

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is happening to Charlie and the boat? p315

a)

they are drifting out to sea

b)

other boats are ramming them

c)

they have sunk

d)

they're on fire

2.

How does Charlie escape the boat? p316

a)

he doesn't the boat and he sank

b)

he climbs up the side of the bridge

c)

he jumps into another boat that takes him to shore

d)

he swims to the shore

3.

How does Nan escape Crudd's grasp after he threatens to kill her? p319

a)

Toby pulls her away from Crudd

b)

she head butts him in the nose

c)

she slides out of her jacket and runs

d)

she screams and onlookers help

4.

What happens to Nan's leg as she runs to the Matchstick? p320

a)

she cut it jumping over a fence

b)

she broke it jumping over a fence

c)

she cut it crawling under a fence

d)

she twists it as she climbs the stairs in the tower

5.

Who is chasing after her up the Matchstick? p320

a)

Charlie

b)

Toby

c)

Crudd

d)

the police

6.

How had Crudd gotten to be a Master Sweeper? p322

a)

he won a contest

b)

his previous master, Seamus Lint, died

c)

he won it in a poker game

d)

he climbed up through the ranks and bought it

7.

Where did Nan escape from Crudd at the top of the Matchstick tower? p320

a)

she didn't, she fell

b)

she climbed down the outside of the tower

c)

she hid in an maintenance box

d)

she climbed up the side of a safety cage

8.

How does Nan fall from the tower (202 feet high)? p323

a)

she tries to kick Crudd and looses her footing

b)

Crudd grabs her foot and throws her down

c)

a gust of wind makes her lose her grip

d)

the golden tine at the base of the flame broke off when she grabbed it

9.

How did the girl seem to avoid a certain death after falling off the Matchstick? p325

a)

Charlie caught her

b)

she landed on Crudd and it softened her fall

c)

she fell through a canopy erected for May Day

d)

she landed in the pool by the monument

10.

How did Charlie get Nan through the crowd? p326

a)

The police made a path for him to follow

b)

He carried her down Pudding Lane and climbers blocked their way

c)

He started a fire at the Matchstick when people got in his way

d)

He helped her limp home

11.

Where did Charlie take Nan when she was injured? p329

a)

to the House of One Hundred Chimneys

b)

to the docks

c)

to Crudd's, because he was dead

d)

to the Church of St. Florian

12.

What is a Potter's field? p329

a)

where clay potters work

b)

a graveyard for the poor

c)

a dump where people put pottery they don't want

d)

a beautiful field of poppies

13.

When Charlie finds The Sweep's grave what does he begin to do? p331

a)

sings songs for the dead

b)

begs that the spirit of The Sweep heal her

c)

begs that the spirit of golems heal her

d)

speak of Nan's dreams in words of another person

14.

As Charlie told her about each of the ingredients of Story Soup what did Nan see? p322

a)

the moments and memories of her life with Charlie

b)

the moments and memories of her life with The Sweep

c)

the moments where The Sweep had told her the truth

d)

the memories of her life, both good and bad

15.

In Charlie's story, about the man in a story very far away, what was the man going to do? p333

a)

jump from the bridge

b)

get a cup of coffee

c)

climb up a dirty chimney

d)

meet up with sweeps

16.

Why doesn't the man doesn't jump from the bridge? p333

a)

he finds a chimney broom and learns his purpose

b)

he finds an empty book where he will write a beautiful story

c)

he finds his baby that had been lost to him

d)

he realizes his purpose when he finds a baby

17.

Why does Charlie think The Sweep made him? p334

a)

so Charlie could tell Nan what to do

b)

so Charlie could tell The Sweep's last story

c)

so Charlie could find Nan and keep her safe

d)

so Charlie could protect Nan from Crudd

18.

How does Charlie mend and heal Nan? p334

a)

he takes her to the hospital

b)

he doesn't and they both die

c)

he gives her mouth to mouth resuscitation

d)

he gives her his warmth and his life

19.

Who bought the captain's house and why? p337

a)

the friendly society for a school for climbers

b)

the government for a school for climbers

c)

the friendly society for a school for all poor children

d)

the school society for a museum of climbers

20.

What does Dent show Nan in the cemetery? p339

a)

a gathering of former climbers

b)

a place where flowers are growing up through the snow

c)

a nest with three eggs in the crook of Charlie's stone elbow

d)

his sorted out wing that lets him fly

21.

What does Nan do now that she can't chimney sweep? p341

a)

teaches school

b)

odd jobs with Toby

c)

is an organ player at church

d)

is a grounds keeper in Potter's field

22.

What does Toby give Nan as a token of Charlie? p343

a)

a bit of soot that he found on the road

b)

ta piece of Charlie she had given Prospero

c)

Prospero's little hat

d)

the soot bag where he had been born

23.

What does Nan think about making another Charlie from the piece of him Toby gave her? p343

a)

she is excited to see what will be created

b)

she gives the piece back to Toby to make his own golem

c)

he belongs to the earth

d)

Nan gives the piece to Miss Bloom so she can make a golem

24.

What does NOT happen when Nan buries the piece of Charlie near him? p344

a)

vines and blossoms come alive

b)

green grass in February begin to grow

c)

a miracle in the graveyard

d)

Charlie smiles and winks

25.

The Climbing Boys Reform Act outlawed employing children under the age of _____? p337

a)

six

b)

ten

c)

thirteen

d)

sixteen