WorksheetsTwo Roads - Chapter 1-6 Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What do Pop and Cal identify as?
Veterans
Tramps
Hoboes
Beggars
What was the Bonus Army and what were they fighting for?
They were World War I veterans who were fighting to receive the benefits promised to them.
They were hoboes who were protesting for better unemployment checks.
A group of people, mainly women, who were advocating for voting rights for minorities.
In this simile: "My heart is pounding like a drum as we wait for the signal" (page 8), Cal most likely feels...
hatred
nervous
satisfied
tired
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 - 1939 and was characterized by widespread poverty and _________________________.
war.
disease.
unemployment.
starvation.
What does Pop say is the purpose of Indian Boarding School?
To get rid of everything Indian about Indians.
To teach kids about their culture and language
To help Indians by assimilating them into white culture.
Read the following excerpt.
"But we’re not in the clear yet. There’s a man in a black uniform standing up on the platform fifty yards ahead. He hasn’t seen us yet, but there’s a mean look on his face and what looks like a gun holstered on his side."
The man in the black uniform is most likely...
a fellow hobo
a soldier
a bull (railroad police)
a train engineer
Read the following excerpt:
Rough shelters of every sort are scattered here and there. Cardboard boxes, cobbled-together lean-tos, even a few little cabins made of scavenged lumber. If this were a safer place there’d be fires going. But not here. Rising smoke might give away the fact that this little sanctuary exists.
What is the meaning of the word sanctuary as used in the excerpt?
A safe place
A dangerous place
A dirty place
A scary place
Read the following excerpt:
For some reason, though I’ve never had that thought before, I’m thinking about the fact that Pop’s face is just about as brown as Corporal Dart’s. Indian brown? And that what the corporal said about himself not getting a job because of his skin color might be as true about my pop? That people would treat him different if they thought he wasn’t a white man?
What has Cal realized about Pop? Check all the apply.
Pop has not been treated equally by whites because he is a Creek Indian.
Racial inequality has effected his life in ways he didn't previously realize.
As a white man, Pop has not had to experience racism in society.
Pop may find it hard to find a job because he's Creek Indian.
Read the following excerpt:
I’ve always trusted Pop in the past to do what’s best for us both. But now I feel like my brain is split into two sides fighting with each other. One half is saying I have to trust my father like I’ve always trusted him in the past. The other side of my brain is just saying No! No! No! No!
Why is Cal feeling so upset right now?
Cal is being forced to join the Bonus Army by Pop.
Cal broke the Hobo Ethical Code and is afraid to face Pop.
Cal wants to go to Indian Boarding school and stop being a hobo, but Pop is making him stay on the road.
Pop wants to send him to an Indian Boarding school, but Cal wants to stay with Pop.
Which of the following are challenges that Pop and Cal face in the book?
Death of their mother/wife.
Dangers of the hobo life.
Pop's "black moods" (PTSD from WWI)
Anti-Indian racism
How does Cal feel about being Indian?
upset and uncertain
happy and excited
anxious and scared
embarrassed and ashamed
