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WorksheetsTwo Roads Chapters 7 & 8 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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
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 greens does Shorty contribute to the dinner stew?
Wild onions
Wild blue grass
Wild rice
Wild chickpeas
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
Which people does Pop say are the people who are really created equal?
The Indians
The Whites
The Blacks
Everyone
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
Who is the sheriff trying to find?
Corporal Esom Dart
Cal and Pop
Cap
Sam Euler
What does Cal find hanging in the bush? Why is it there?
Corporal Dart's medal. He left it as a thank you to Cal.
A military uniform. Cap has changed clothes to hide his identity.
A red ribbon. Someone had marked the location of the camp.
The hobo sign marking the camp. The sheriff had torn it upon on his arrival in the camp.
WHAT DOES CAP CALL THE POTATOES POP PULLS OUT OF HIS POCKET TO THROW INTO THE POT?
Ground candy
Dirt food
Earth apples
Rabbit food
Why did Pop's family leave their original homeland?
There wasn't much there to live on
They didn't like the climate
They were forced to leave by the government
They heard about another state that sounded better for growing crops.
When Cal and Pop make it back to the hobo camp, what is the first thing they notice?
Cap and the other men feasting on stew.
One of the shelters is on fire.
All of the men are listening to Cap's story
All of the hobos have left. The camp is empty.
Which best describes Cap's reaction to the sheriff?
Cap stands tall and confronts the sheriff
Cap cowers at the sheriff's feet
Cap cracks jokes to distract the sheriff.
Cap tells the sheriff where to find Corporal Dart.
Which best describes Pop's reaction to the sheriff?
Pop and Cal run away with Corporal Dart
Pop fights the sheriff, so that Cap can sneak away
Pop turns in Corporal Dart to save himself from being sent back to Indian school
Pop says he is Corporal Dart and turns himself in.
What does Pop's reaction reveal about his character?
Pop is selfish and conniving.
Pop is a coward.
Pop is honest to a fault.
Pop is loyal and brave.
Pop tells the sheriff that they are just passing through on their way to Indian school. What is the sheriff's perspective on Indian school?
It must be an awful place based on how many students run away.
They are a waste of government time and money.
It just creates more hobos he has to run out of town.
It's nice that the school teaches Indians to be polite and "know their place."
Why does Pop want to go to Washington?
He wants to meet President Hoover.
He wants to look for a job there.
He needs to visit an old war buddy.
He wants to get money for his compensation certificate.
