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Chains - Chapters 20 - 35

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Lady Seymour decide is the most valuable thing to take from the fire?

a)

The portrait of the yellow-haired man.

b)

The silver tea set

c)

Ruth's doll

d)

Her jewelry

2.

Who did the Loyalists execute for starting the fire?

a)

Thomas Hickey

b)

Master Bellingham

c)

The old grandpa

d)

Nathan Hale

3.

As soon as the fire cools down, who returns to the Seymour house to poke through the ashes for valuables?

a)

Lady Seymour

b)

Madam Lockton

c)

Isabel

d)

Curzon

4.

For her celebratory dinner, Madam dresses in the highest fashion by wearing

a)

diamonds

b)

a false mole or beauty mark

c)

mouse fur on her eyebrows

d)

a blond wig

5.

Curzon tells Ruth not to leave her cloak because

a)

Lady Seymour will be angry if she loses it.

b)

he doesn't want to wear a girl's cloak.

c)

she forgets everything because she's so country.

d)

it will only be stolen as soon as he falls asleep.

6.

Goods that have been imported or exported illegally?

a)

treatise

b)

stupor

c)

falter

d)

contraband

7.

The first time Isabel brings scraps to the jail, she's reminded of the danger by

a)

The new gallows and the crow

b)

the bees in her brainpan

c)

Ruth's doll

d)

the ghosts

8.

How did Isabel help Lady Seymore during the fire?

a)

She put the fire out at her house

b)

She saved Lady Seymore's family fortune

c)

She saved the picture of and letters from Lady Seymore's husband

d)

She took of Lady Seymore's burning jacket

9.

What did Isabel bring with her to the jail to help the prisoners?

a)

letters

b)

blankets and fresh water

c)

scraps of food

d)

firewood

10.

Why is this book called Chains

a)

because Isabel is connected to her family, like a chain

b)

Isabel is worth no more than a chain link

c)

because Isabel was chained up during the book

d)

it represents the chains of slavery that bind Isabel

11.

"Tongues of fog oozed..." is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

12.

What figure of speech is used in the following sentence?


"And some members of Parliament would fuss like wet hens."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

13.

"I was confuddled." What does confuddled mean?

a)

confused

b)

angry

c)

confined

d)

wasting time