WorksheetsDangerous Skies Chapter 1-3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What time of the year did Buck feel the era of dangerous skies
Summer
Fall
Winter
Spring
What is a skiff?
Cruise Ship
Shipping Doc
Small Boat
Mangy Dog
Mama felt sorry for Tunes because her mother died. What was the saying when she referred to Tunes?
"I feel sorry for her"
"She's an orphan with no mother"
"Poor Little motherless child"
"She will be fine with Kneebone"
Tunes hairstyle often resembled a boy. What was the style?
Afro
Pixie Cut
Braids or cornrows
How old were Buck and Tunes and what time of the year did they share their birthdays?
They were twelve and their birthday was in the Fall
They were thirteen and their birthday was in the Summer
They were eleven and their birthday was in the Spring
What was Buck's dog's name?
Obie
Spot
Doke
Gran and Mama looked after Tunes. When Tunes and Buck started school who helped Gran and Mama with Tunes?
Tunes Aunt Clara
Tunes Aunt Suzie
Tunes Aunt Mazie
Name Buck and Tunes favorite pastime.
Swimming
Hunting
Hiking
Fishing
What County and State did this story take place in?
Alamance County, North Carolina
Newborn, North Carolina
Suffolk County, Virginia
North Hampton County, Virginia
Jumbo Rawlins was seen as a __________ man.
Kind and gentle
Arrogant
Green-eyed snake
dangerous
Where would Tunes and Buck fish mostly?
Little Creek
Hollow Creek
Broom Lake
Fishing Crook Creek
What ailment does Tunes father have?
Headaches
Cancer
Arthritis
Back Pain
At what age did Tune speak her first word?
She was two
She was five
She was three
She was four
Kneebone's painful joints made him the best __________
weatherman
fisherman
criminal
The statement, "For a man eighty years he was agile as a cat" means what?
He moves slowly
He moves swiftly
He crawls
What does shoal mean?
A large body of water
a marker in shallow water
a creek
Look at this statement. " He didn't look like a natural athlete with his broad shoulders, barrel chest, and short legs" these are known as?
a person's look
a person's characteristic's
a person's height
What does incredulous mean?
in disbelief
saddened
overjoyed
favorable
Buck did not share two things with the Sheriff. What were they?
Tunes was not with him and seeing Jumbo fishing around with his boathook
Jumbo dumping the body of Mr. Rodriguez
Sheriff confronting Kneebone's and Tunes that morning
Buck is trying to find _________ why he feels a certain way about Jumbo. What is that?
reasons
sympothy
empathy
