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Dangerous Skies Chapter 1-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What time of the year did Buck feel the era of dangerous skies

a)

Summer

b)

Fall

c)

Winter

d)

Spring

2.

What is a skiff?

a)

Cruise Ship

b)

Shipping Doc

c)

Small Boat

d)

Mangy Dog

3.

Mama felt sorry for Tunes because her mother died. What was the saying when she referred to Tunes?

a)

"I feel sorry for her"

b)

"She's an orphan with no mother"

c)

"Poor Little motherless child"

d)

"She will be fine with Kneebone"

4.

Tunes hairstyle often resembled a boy. What was the style?

a)

Afro

b)

Pixie Cut

c)

Braids or cornrows

5.

How old were Buck and Tunes and what time of the year did they share their birthdays?

a)

They were twelve and their birthday was in the Fall

b)

They were thirteen and their birthday was in the Summer

c)

They were eleven and their birthday was in the Spring

6.

What was Buck's dog's name?

a)

Obie

b)

Spot

c)

Doke

7.

Gran and Mama looked after Tunes. When Tunes and Buck started school who helped Gran and Mama with Tunes?

a)

Tunes Aunt Clara

b)

Tunes Aunt Suzie

c)

Tunes Aunt Mazie

8.

Name Buck and Tunes favorite pastime.

a)

Swimming

b)

Hunting

c)

Hiking

d)

Fishing

9.

What County and State did this story take place in?

a)

Alamance County, North Carolina

b)

Newborn, North Carolina

c)

Suffolk County, Virginia

d)

North Hampton County, Virginia

10.

Jumbo Rawlins was seen as a __________ man.

a)

Kind and gentle

b)

Arrogant

c)

Green-eyed snake

d)

dangerous

11.

Where would Tunes and Buck fish mostly?

a)

Little Creek

b)

Hollow Creek

c)

Broom Lake

d)

Fishing Crook Creek

12.

What ailment does Tunes father have?

a)

Headaches

b)

Cancer

c)

Arthritis

d)

Back Pain

13.

At what age did Tune speak her first word?

a)

She was two

b)

She was five

c)

She was three

d)

She was four

14.

Kneebone's painful joints made him the best __________

a)

weatherman

b)

fisherman

c)

criminal

15.

The statement, "For a man eighty years he was agile as a cat" means what?

a)

He moves slowly

b)

He moves swiftly

c)

He crawls

16.

What does shoal mean?

a)

A large body of water

b)

a marker in shallow water

c)

a creek

17.

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)

a person's look

b)

a person's characteristic's

c)

a person's height

18.

What does incredulous mean?

a)

in disbelief

b)

saddened

c)

overjoyed

d)

favorable

19.

Buck did not share two things with the Sheriff. What were they?

a)

Tunes was not with him and seeing Jumbo fishing around with his boathook

b)

Jumbo dumping the body of Mr. Rodriguez

c)

Sheriff confronting Kneebone's and Tunes that morning

20.

Buck is trying to find _________ why he feels a certain way about Jumbo. What is that?

a)

reasons

b)

sympothy

c)

empathy