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Two Roads Ch 1-20

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
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1.

The main characters of Two Roads are ...

a)

A mother and son

b)

A father and son

c)

Two boys

d)

Two roads

2.

Which of the following does NOT describe Pop and Cal at the start of Two Roads?

a)

Hoboes

b)

Homeless

c)

Knights of the road

d)

Farmers

3.

Pop used to be a ...

a)

Farmer and a soldier

b)

Farmer and a teacher

c)

Native American and a soldier

d)

Teacher and a soldier

4.

In chapter 3, Pop and Cal help Miz Euler by ...

a)

Making her dinner

b)

Doing work around her house

c)

Helping her with a thief

d)

Not helping her

5.

Why is Pop going to Washington, D.C.?

a)

To vote

b)

To protest for his Army bonus

c)

To protest for civil rights

d)

To find a school for Cal

6.

What is Pop planning to do with his bonus money once he gets it?

a)

Put Cal in school

b)

Start a new business

c)

Buy a new farm

d)

Go back to the Army

7.

What is Pop's big secret that he hid from Cal until chapter 5 of Two Roads?

a)

Pop lost the family farm

b)

Pop never graduated high school

c)

Pop is a hobo

d)

Pop is a Creek American Indian

8.

Which of these reasons is NOT a reason that Fairville, Arkansas is dangerous for Corporal Dart?

a)

He is a hobo

b)

He is an African American hobo

c)

He is an Army veteran

d)

The Fairville sheriff hates hobos

9.

What threatens the hobo camp in Fairville, Arkansas?

a)

The Fairville sheriff

b)

Other hobos

c)

A runaway train

d)

Racist teachers

10.

What changes Sheriff Boyle's attitude towards Pop?

a)

Pop's dark skin

b)

When he finds out Pop is a veteran

c)

The fact that Pop has a son

d)

Cal's good manners

11.

What does Corporal Dart give Cal as a thank you for saving him?

a)

His favorite knife

b)

A big thank you

c)

His war medal

d)

A silver dollar

12.

What is the name of the Indian boarding school that Pop went to?

a)

Carlisle

b)

Sherman

c)

Mountain View

d)

Challagi

13.

Creek is a ...

a)

Native American tribe

b)

Native American boarding school

c)

Nickname for hobos

d)

Nickname Pop's Army buddies gave him

14.

When Cal finds out that he is half Creek, his reaction is ...

a)

Excitement

b)

Confusion

c)

Confidence

d)

Anger

15.

Before arriving at Challagi, Pop and Cal help deliver ______ to the school.

a)

Pigs

b)

Students

c)

Horses

d)

Textbooks

16.

Which of the following is NOT a reason Pop tells Cal he will fit in at Challagi?

a)

He looks like a full-blood Creek

b)

Cal is a fast learner

c)

The teachers at Challagi are kind

d)

Many students don't know their Native heritage

17.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit Pop says students experience at Challagi?

a)

They learn English

b)

They learn useful farming skills

c)

They learn about Native culture

d)

They make lifelong friends

18.

Pop's favorite teacher at Challagi was ...

a)

Mr. Mallett

b)

Mr. Handler

c)

Mrs. Tygue

d)

Mr. Morrell

19.

Cal's first friend at Challagi, Charles Aird, is nicknamed ...

a)

Bearclaw

b)

Possum

c)

Jay Bird

d)

Skinny

20.

Which of the following is NOT something Cal experiences at the infirmary?

a)

Cal gets his height and weight measured

b)

Cal gets his hair cut

c)

Cal gets many vaccinations

d)

Cal gets his scalp scraped for lice

21.

What was the most painful thing for Cal at the infirmary?

a)

having his hair cut

b)

getting stabbed with needles

c)

having to answer questions about his family

22.

What Indian word does Cal know that impresses Possum?

a)

Mu-to

b)

Yu-to

c)

Hu-to

23.

Why is Possum surprised when he sees Cal's belongings?

a)

Cal has a knife.

b)

Cal doesn't have many things.

c)

Cal has medals and coins.

24.

What food do the boys eat?

a)

squirrel

b)

possum

c)

jerky

25.

What is part of the second rule of the Hobo ethical code?

a)

Try to be a gentleman at all times

b)

Be lazy because it doesn't matter

c)

Don't steal

d)

There isn't a second rule

26.

Why can’t Pop move very fast?

a)

He has pain in his finger

b)

He has a bad leg

c)

He is lazy

d)

He lost a toe

27.

How do Cal and Possum get into the dorm room.

a)

They use the giant stairs that Cal saw when they first arrived

b)

They climb up some vines along the wall of the building

c)

They see the nurse, who shows them the way to the room

d)

The Superintendant walks Cal up to his new dorm room

28.

What does Cal realize as he enters the dorm?

a)

He has seen this room before when Pop brought him for a visit

b)

He realized that he knows some of the boys that they are sharing a room with

c)

He will get o sleep near a window, so it will be easier for him to run away

d)

He has seen this room before in his vision of Charlie Cornsilk

29.

When Possum asks Cal why he is sad, what does Cal say?

a)

He is missing the road

b)

He is missing his mom

c)

He is missing the farm

d)

He missed his train

30.

What does Cal give to Pop as he is leaving?

a)

His medal

b)

His mother's comb

c)

A book to keep him company on the road

d)

A watch

31.

Cal's first friend at Challagi, Charles Aird, is nicknamed ...

a)

Bearclaw

b)

Possum

c)

Jay Bird

d)

Skinny

32.

What day of the week was Pop’s favorite?

a)

SUNDAY

b)

MONDAY

c)

TUESDAY

d)

WEDNESDAY

33.

What name does Charles Aird give Cal?

a)

MEADOWLARK

b)

BLUE JAY

c)

RED BIRD

d)

JAY BIRD

34.

What happens to Cal when he sees the old guardhouse?

a)

He realizes that he needs to stay away from it, it could be dangerous

b)

He slips into a vision that he is inside the dark room with only a barred window and plank bed.

c)

He is grateful that he will not have to experience the guardhouse and all the ghosts that live there.

d)

He has a vision of his Pop in the guardhouse all alone

35.

After Cal has his vision, what surprises him about what Possum says?

a)

He can't believe there is a name for seeing into the future

b)

He is not sure he feels better or worse knowing that there are others like him

c)

He can't believe there are other people like him

d)

All of these

36.

Who does Cal meet at the tailor shop

a)

Bear Meat

b)

Possum

c)

Head Goose

d)

Skinny

37.

What will be the prize of the wrestling match with Bear Meat?

a)

He will get to keep his jackknife

b)

He will become part of the group

c)

He will get extra food rations

d)

He will take Bear Meat's shoes

38.

When the head disciplinarian walked up during the fight with Bear Meat, what did Cal say happened to him?

a)

He was pushed by Bear Meat

b)

He was tripped by one of the boys

c)

He fell because his shoe is broken

d)

He did not answer

39.

Pop and Cal claim to be hoboes who follow rules that they call...

a)

the law

b)

the ethical code

c)

guidelines

d)

doing the right thing

40.

Before arriving at Challagi, Pop and Cal help deliver ______ to the school.

a)

Pigs

b)

Students

c)

Horses

d)

Textbooks

41.

When Cal finds out that he is half Creek, his reaction is ...

a)

Excitement

b)

Confusion

c)

Confidence

d)

Anger

42.

Pop served in World War I, but at the time it wasn't called that. (People didn't know there would be another world war, so they called it something else.) What did they call it?

a)

The First War

b)

The Only War

c)

The Great War

d)

The Bad War

43.

What are hobo signs?

a)

Symbols hoboes use to communicate with one another

b)

Books hoboes use to learn when they are not in school

c)

Things that tell hoboes when to go to the doctor

d)

Things that tell hoboes when they can walk and when they have to stop

44.

What do they teach at “Indian School?”

a)

How to rope cattle

b)

How not to be Indian

c)

How to become an Indian

d)

How to ride the railroads

45.

What advice does Cal follow when he says, “If you want to hear something…?”

a)

Say what you think faster than the other person.

b)

turn up the volume

c)

plug your ears

d)

don’t talk

46.

Which description below describes the way Cal always thought about Indians?

a)

crafty

b)

troublemakers

c)

mean

d)

friendly-like

47.

Which Indian tribe did Pop belong to?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Shoshone

c)

Creek

d)

Navajo

48.

What does "mess" mean as it is used in Chapter 19?

a)

meal

b)

dirty

c)

clean

d)

messy

49.

Cal had a difficult time learning to wake up at the sound of the bugle in the first days at Challagi. What did C.B. do to wake him up on his first day?

a)

He gently shook him until he woke

b)

He tossed ice into his bed

c)

He carried him outside and dropped him in the horse trough and pumped water in his face

d)

He jumped up and down on his bed repeatedly until Cal woke up from sleeping

50.

What was the first job that Cal was given?

a)

Cleaning out the horse stables

b)

Cleaning the toilets

c)

Scrubbing the floor

d)

Washing the windows