WorksheetsSweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 49mins
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does "field hand" mean in the following sentence:
"I got sent home from North Farm to Home Plantation 'cause they needed another field hand".
Someone who works in the big house
Someone who works in a field
Someone who finds hands in a field
A field of hands
In the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "seamstress" mean in the following sentence:
"You 'gon be a real seamstress that's why."
Someone who weeds in the field
Someone who cleans houses
Someone who sews
Someone who seems nice
In the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, who is the "overseer" on the plantation?
The person who owns slaves
The person who chases runaway slaves
The person who buys slaves
The person who watches over slaves working in the field
In the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "bustle" mean in the following sentence:
"There was always lots of bustle and company in the kitchen".
Excited activity and movement
Food and drinks
Dishes
Little children
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, who are the Paterollers?
Men who free slaves
Men who hire runaway slaves
Men who fire runaway slaves
Men who chase runaway slaves
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does it mean to "squirrel away" something?
Give to squirrels
Hide something
Save something for later
Run away
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what are the Quarters?
Money
A bee hive
The area where the slaves live
The big house
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "skirting" mean in the following sentence:
"We kept on as fast as we could, skirting farms and towns and making our way through the woods"
Go around
Go through
Get dressed
Buy clothes
In the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, what does the word "Contrary" mean in the following sentence:
"Instead of being contrary, that needle did all I wanted, just like it was part of my hand."
Same direction
Bad
Good
Opposite in nature or direction
How did Clara know that Jack understood she was making a map?
He said, "That's a useful map, Clara."
He began to draw more of the map.
They were playing tag.
He wrote on the ground, "Nice map, Clara."
What did Clara do with the quilt when she and Jack escaped?
Clara took the quilt with her when she escaped.
Clara left the quilt with her Aunt Rachel when she escaped.
Clara burned the quilt so nobody would know where they went.
Clara threw the quilt into the trash because she didn't need it any more.
What did Clara really make the quilt for?
It was a map to teach people how to escape.
It was for sleeping under.
She wanted to show it to Missus.
She wanted to stay warm on the way to Canada.
Why did Clara leave the quilt with Aunt Rachel?
She was worried Aunt Rachel would be cold.
Clara didn't like the quilt.
She wanted it to help other people escape.
Clara wanted Aunt Rachel to help catch people who were trying to escape.
Why did Aunt Rachel teach Clara to sew?
She didn't want Clara to get any sleep.
Clara begged and begged Aunt Rachel to teach her to sew.
She wanted Clara to be able to work in the house instead of the fields.
Aliens made her do it.
How did Clara get new information for things to put on her quilt-map?
Clara made Google searches to find what needed to be on her map.
When Clara didn't know what to put on her quilt, she just made things up.
Clara would ask the people who enslaved them, "Excuse me, how could I escape from you and get to Canada?"
People would pretend they were just making small talk about the places they had been, but they were secretly telling her what to put on the map.
