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WorksheetsTwo Roads Chapters 4-8
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What causes the gunshot that Cal hears at the end of Chapter 7?
The railroad bull at the train station
A farmer hunting in the woods
The sheriff of Fairville
Cap retelling a story from the war
Scramble
To move quickly and awkwardly.
A long, narrow ditch.
To make a sharp 's' sound.
to trip and lose your balance.
Stumble
High pitched and loud.
To walk slowly with heavy steps.
To make a quick up and down movement.
Almost fall.
Beading
A long, narrow ditch.
Unable to think or react quickly.
Drops of moisture.
Excessively or very active.
Shrill
To make a sharp 's' sound.
High pitched sound.
An omen of a particular outcome.
A trap for catching birds or animals.
Why were Pop and Cal running through the woods at night?
(¿Porque Pop y Cal estaban corriendo por el bosque por la noche?)
To catch the train
(Para tomar el tren)
To run away from the other hoboes
(Para escaparse de los otros vagabundos)
To follow the sound of gunshots
(Para seguir al sonido de disparos)
To catch a squirrel for dinner
(Para atrapar una ardilla por la cena)
In the forest, Pop and Cal see a bright light. Where is this light coming from?
(En el bosque, Pop y Cal ven una luz brillante. ¿De dónde viene la luz?)
Torches from armed men
(Las linternas de hombres armados)
Cal and Pop's tent
(La tienda de campaña de Cal y Pop)
A hobo's campfire
(La fogada de un vagabundo)
A full moon
(La luna llena)
Who is the man with the gun?
(¿Quién es el hombre con la arma?)
"Just Jack"
Sheriff Dan Boyle
Red Campbell
Pop
Who was Sheriff Dan Boyle looking for?
(¿A quién el sheriff estába buscando?)
Cal and Pop
A black hobo
(un vagabundo negro)
His wife
(su esposa)
A Native American hobo
(un vagabundo indio)
What is the sheriff's point of view towards black hoboes?
(¿Qué es el punto de vista de del sheriff hacia los vagabundos negros?)
They are welcomed in this town but should be treated differently than white hoboes.
(Reciben la bienvenida en la ciudad pero debería ser tratado diferente de los anglos.)
They are welcomed in this town and should be treated the same as white hoboes.
(Reciben la bienvenida en la ciudad y debería ser tratado igual que los anglos.)
They are not welcomed in this town but they can stay if they are a veteran.
(No reciben la bienvenida en la ciudad pero pueden quedarse si son veteranos.)
They are not welcomed in this town and will be punished for being there.
(No reciben la bienvenida en la ciudad y será castigado si esta allí.)
What will happen if the hobos don't tell the sheriff where the black hobo is hiding?
(¿Que va a pasar si no le dicen dónde está el vagabundo negro?)
The sheriff will burn down the hobo jungle.
(El sheriff va a encendiar el campamento de los vagabundos.)
The sheriff will beat the hoboes.
(El sheriff va a aporrear a los vagabundos.)
The sheriff will make them take all their clothes off.
(El sheriff va a forzar los vagabundos a desnudarse.)
All of the above
(Todas las anteriores)
Esom, the black hobo, was going to turn himself in. What stops him?
(Esom, el vagabundo negro, va a entregarse al sheriff. Porqué no hizo?)
Pop told him not to and convinced the sheriff that it wasn't a black man on the train, but that it was him.
(Pop le dijo que no haga eso y convencerle que el hombre que ha visto era Pop, no un hombre negro.)
Pop and Cal distracted the sheriff so Esom could run away.
(Pop y Cal le distrajo para que Esom podria escaparse.)
The hobos told the sheriff that Esom was already dead.
(Los vagabundos le dijieron al sheriff que Esom estaba muerto.)
Cal convinced the sheriff to allow black hobos to stay, since they should be treated like everyone else.
(Cal le convenció al sheriff que los vagabundos deberían quedarse en la ciudad y deberían ser tratados como los otros.)
Cal says, "Pop's face stayed as motionless as the Statue of Liberty." What type of figurative language is this? What two things are being compared?
(Cal dice, "La cara de Pop se queda tan quieto como La Estatua de la Libertad." ¿Qué tipo de lenguaje figurativo es? ¿Cuales son las cosas que están comparadas?
Simile- Statue and Liberty
(simil- estatua y libertad)
Simile- Pop's face and the Statue of Liberty
(simil- la cara de Pop y La Estatua de la Libertad)
Metaphor- Statue and Liberty
(metafora- estatua y libertad)
Metaphor- Pop's face and the Statue of Liberty
(metafora- la cara de Pop y La Estatua de la Libertad)
What is the gift Esom left for Cal?
(¿Qué es el regalo que Esom le dio a Cal?
A knife
(una cuchilla)
A book from Cal's favorite author
(un libro por su autor favorito)
A thank-you note
(una carta de agradecimiento)
A medal he earned from the war.
(una medalla que Esom ganó en la guerra)
How do you feel about the book so far?
(¿Cómo te sientes sobre el libro hasta hora?)
I love it!
(!Me encanta!)
It's okay.
(Mas o menos)
I don't like it.
(No me gusta.)
I don't know. I haven't been reading it.
(No sé, no lo he leído.)
What does Pop tell Cal about his family history?
¿Qué le dice Pop a Cal sobre su historia familiar?
Pop gew up in a tipi hunting buffalo.
Pop creció en un tipi cazando búfalos.
Pop never knew his family.
Pop nunca conoció a su familia.
Pop grew up in a fishing village near the coast.
Pop creció en un pueblo de pescadores cerca de la costa.
Pop's family had a farm, but they were forced off of it.
La familia de Pop tenía una granja, pero se vieron obligados a abandonarla.
Why does Pop want to go to Washington?
¿Por qué Pop quiere ir a Washington?
He wants to meet President Hoover.
Quiere conocer a la presidenta Hoover.
He wants to look for a job there.
Quiere buscar trabajo allí.
He needs to visit an old war buddy.
Necesita visitar a un viejo compañero de guerra.
He wants to get money for his compensation certificate.
Quiere obtener dinero para su certificado de compensación.
What does Pop hope to do with the money?
¿Qué espera hacer Pop con el dinero?
By the end of the chapter:
Al final del capítulo:
Cal agrees to go to Indian school.
Cal acepta ir a la escuela india.
Cal says he will never go to Indian school.
Cal dice que nunca irá a la escuela india.
Cal runs away.
Cal se escapa.
Cal doesn't answer; their conversation is interrupted by gunshots.
Cal no responde; su conversación es interrumpida por disparos.
What do they teach at “Indian School?”
How to rope cattle
How not to be Indian
How to become an Indian
How to ride the railroads
How does Pop react to Cal asking if they teach you to be Indian at the Indian school?
He laughs
He cries
He is angry
He is mean
What advice does Cal follow when he says, “If you want to hear something…?”
Say what you think faster than the other person.
turn up the volume
plug your ears
don’t talk
What did Pop tell Cal when he came home and told both parents what he had learned in school about Indians?
"Wow cool story son!"
"There’s more to it than that."
"That sounds boring."
"That's what I learned in school too."
Pop explains that when the United States and the Indian tribes made promises to each other, who always kept their promises?
The government
The Indians
The schools
The Railroad Bulls
Which description below describes the way Cal always thought about Indians?
crafty
troublemakers
mean
friendly-like
What word did Miss Knowlan use to describe Cal’s paper?
Ridiculous
Super-Fabulosa
Top-notch
Okay
Which Indian tribe did Pop belong to?
Cherokee
Shoshone
Creek
Navajo
Cal thinks all the information about Indians that he has been taught in school. He does not associate anything _______________with being an Indian.
positive
negative
easy
difficult
Pop explains there is a lot to talk about but they can't talk now because they are on a _________ headed to Fairville, Arkansas.
bus
wagon
train
Cal meets Corporal Esom Dart. Check all the answers that describe him.
was asleep in the back of the train
black man
yelled at Cal for waking him up on the train
wears a partial military uniform
What type of medal did the man have?
Purple Heart
France Victory Medal
US Army Medal
WHICH 2 STOLEN ITEMS WERE RETURNED TO MIZ EULER?
SHOVEL
KNIFE
AXE
KETTLE
WHERE DID CAL AND POP GO AFTER LEAVING MIZ EULER'S PLACE?
TO THE PLACE JUST PAST THE RAIL YARD
TO MAKE SURE "JUST JACK" WAS GONE
TO ANOTHER HOBO FRIEND'S CAMP
HOME
Pop explains there is a lot to talk about but they can't talk now because they are on a _________ headed to Fairville, Arkansas.
bus
wagon
train
The town is unfriendly to hoboes and they can get ________ and thrown in jail if caught.
fined
arrested
hurt
burned
Cal meets Corporal Esom Dart. Check all the answers that describe him.
was asleep in the back of the train
black man
yelled at Cal for waking him up on the train
wears a partial military uniform
What does Cal find out his real last name is?
Blackdragon
Blackwell
Blackfoot
Blackbird
Cal asks his Pop why he didn't tell him he was Indian. What does Pop say in response?
We did it to protect you
We didn't want to tell you
It didn't seem like that big of a deal
You had to think you were white to stay in school
What was the gift Pop tells Cal that his mother had and passed down to him?
She had a gift of cooking the most delicious fruit cakes
Her gift was her ability to speak the Indian language of Cal's Pop
She had a gift of loving the plants and animals around her
She had a gift of knowing things no one else could know. She seemed to see things before they happened.
What causes the gunshot that Cal hears at the end of Chapter 7?
The railroad bull at the train station
A farmer hunting in the woods
The sheriff of Fairville
Cap retelling a story from the war
