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Show Me a Sign

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of Mary's great-great grandfather?

a)

Ezra Brewer

b)

John Lambert

c)

Jonathan Lambert

d)

George Lambert

2.

Who else lives on the island?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Lakota Tribe

c)

Wamponoag

3.

What chores was Mary best at?

a)

sweeping

b)

mopping

c)

shearing sheep

d)

baking

4.

Who feels guilty for George's Death?

a)

Mama

b)

Mr. Skiffe

c)

Mary

d)

Papa

5.

Mary went into George's bedroom to find...

a)

the arrowhead George had carved

b)

a newspaper from Boston

c)

the map of memories George had drawn

d)

the fur cap George had been given for Christmas

6.

Who did Mary think Andrew looked like?

a)

Thomas

b)

Mary's dad

c)

George

d)

Reverend Lee

7.

Why did the young scientist come to the island?

a)

to examine the cause of the deafness

b)

to see the clay cliffs

c)

to pray with Reverend lee

d)

to help the colonists get more land from the Indians

8.

Nancy __________ the sheets from Mrs. Skiffe.

a)

stole

b)

borrowed

c)

bought

9.

Why was Nancy so nervous at the church?

a)

Reverend Lee was glaring at her

b)

She couldn't find her mother

c)

She thought her parents were going to cane her

d)

Her parents hated the Bible verse they were reading

10.

According to Nancy, Grandmother Edith's specter had instructed her to...

a)

use a sheet to cover the mirror in the parlor

b)

read the message on the inside cover of a well-worn Bible

c)

leave out a bowl of milk for a stray tabby cat

d)

find the silver teapot and hide it in a safe place

11.

Papa was mad at Mary because...

a)

she stole the sheets

b)

she lured George onto the high road

c)

she went to the marsh

d)

she went to talk with George

12.

Why was Mary so upset when Andrew bound her hands?

a)

He didn't trust her

b)

She couldn't open the door

c)

she couldn't communicate

d)

It made them bleed

13.

How did Mary know she had been taken to Boston?

a)

She'd seen pictures in George's books

b)

the boat's travel log told the destination

c)

Andrew told her

d)

She saw a sign

14.

Who helped Mary get away from Andrew? (choose 2)

a)

Ezra Brewer

b)

Mary's dad

c)

Nora

d)

Sailor

15.

Why did Mary cling too Mrs. Muffins when a stranger came to take her away?

a)

She loved mrs. Muffins

b)

The stranger looked mean

c)

Things at the asylum would be worrse

d)

She was afraid of the unknown

16.

What did Mary realize as she read from a notebook in Dr. Minot's office?

a)

she was in the same Boston asylum that had housed Eliza Smith's father

b)

Dr. Minot had hired Miss Top to tame unruly children

c)

the new clothes she'd been given to wear had belonged to Amy Minot

d)

Dr. Minot believed that Mary's deafness was a side-effect of small pox