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Sweet Dreams, Sarah by Vivian Kirkfeild

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Sarah's life like during the civil war?

a)

She was a gardener.

b)

she owned a shop.

c)

she worked in kitchens.

d)

She was a slave.

2.

Which one of these things was NOT apart of Sarah's dream for a different life?

a)

a dog

b)

a husband

c)

a family

d)

a job that she loved

3.

What happened that changed Sarah's life forever?

a)

She ran away.

b)

A law freed her from slavery.

c)

She learned to take the train.

d)

She went to war.

4.

What did Sarah save to buy after she had a husband and a family?

a)

a furniture store

b)

a horse

c)

a car

d)

a boat

5.

While working at the furniture store, what did Sarah notice to be a problem?

a)

People needed more chairs.

b)

People were very hungry.

c)

People did not have room for all their beds.

d)

People needed a place to store their shoes.

6.

What did Sarah want to invent?

a)

A reclining chair

b)

a foldable bed

c)

warmers for feet

d)

a new kind of footrest.

7.

What did Sarah do when her bed did not work the first time?

a)

gave up

b)

made her husband fix it

c)

sold it anyway

d)

kept trying until it was right

8.

What is a Patent?

a)

a type of folding bed

b)

a piece of paper from the government that protects your ideas.

c)

a material used to make furniture

d)

a note from the bank

9.

Why was Sarah worried that her patent would be denied?

a)

Because she turned it in late

b)

because she did not use an attorney.

c)

because she was black and a woman

d)

because she made mistakes.

10.

Why was the first patent denied?

a)

because it had a stain on it

b)

because she was black and a woman

c)

because they wanted to know what made her bed more special than others.

d)

because they did not like her bed.

11.

How did Sarah feel when she was awarded her patent?

a)

sad

b)

mad

c)

scared

d)

proud