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WorksheetsTwo Roads Ch 1-20
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The main characters of Two Roads are ...
A mother and son
A father and son
Two boys
Two roads
Which of the following does NOT describe Pop and Cal at the start of Two Roads?
Hoboes
Homeless
Knights of the road
Farmers
Pop used to be a ...
Farmer and a soldier
Farmer and a teacher
Native American and a soldier
Teacher and a soldier
In chapter 3, Pop and Cal help Miz Euler by ...
Making her dinner
Doing work around her house
Helping her with a thief
Not helping her
Why is Pop going to Washington, D.C.?
To vote
To protest for his Army bonus
To protest for civil rights
To find a school for Cal
What is Pop planning to do with his bonus money once he gets it?
Put Cal in school
Start a new business
Buy a new farm
Go back to the Army
What is Pop's big secret that he hid from Cal until chapter 5 of Two Roads?
Pop lost the family farm
Pop never graduated high school
Pop is a hobo
Pop is a Creek American Indian
Which of these reasons is NOT a reason that Fairville, Arkansas is dangerous for Corporal Dart?
He is a hobo
He is an African American hobo
He is an Army veteran
The Fairville sheriff hates hobos
What threatens the hobo camp in Fairville, Arkansas?
The Fairville sheriff
Other hobos
A runaway train
Racist teachers
What changes Sheriff Boyle's attitude towards Pop?
Pop's dark skin
When he finds out Pop is a veteran
The fact that Pop has a son
Cal's good manners
What does Corporal Dart give Cal as a thank you for saving him?
His favorite knife
A big thank you
His war medal
A silver dollar
What is the name of the Indian boarding school that Pop went to?
Carlisle
Sherman
Mountain View
Challagi
Creek is a ...
Native American tribe
Native American boarding school
Nickname for hobos
Nickname Pop's Army buddies gave him
When Cal finds out that he is half Creek, his reaction is ...
Excitement
Confusion
Confidence
Anger
Before arriving at Challagi, Pop and Cal help deliver ______ to the school.
Pigs
Students
Horses
Textbooks
Which of the following is NOT a reason Pop tells Cal he will fit in at Challagi?
He looks like a full-blood Creek
Cal is a fast learner
The teachers at Challagi are kind
Many students don't know their Native heritage
Which of the following is NOT a benefit Pop says students experience at Challagi?
They learn English
They learn useful farming skills
They learn about Native culture
They make lifelong friends
Pop's favorite teacher at Challagi was ...
Mr. Mallett
Mr. Handler
Mrs. Tygue
Mr. Morrell
Cal's first friend at Challagi, Charles Aird, is nicknamed ...
Bearclaw
Possum
Jay Bird
Skinny
Which of the following is NOT something Cal experiences at the infirmary?
Cal gets his height and weight measured
Cal gets his hair cut
Cal gets many vaccinations
Cal gets his scalp scraped for lice
What was the most painful thing for Cal at the infirmary?
having his hair cut
getting stabbed with needles
having to answer questions about his family
What Indian word does Cal know that impresses Possum?
Mu-to
Yu-to
Hu-to
Why is Possum surprised when he sees Cal's belongings?
Cal has a knife.
Cal doesn't have many things.
Cal has medals and coins.
What food do the boys eat?
squirrel
possum
jerky
What is part of the second rule of the Hobo ethical code?
Try to be a gentleman at all times
Be lazy because it doesn't matter
Don't steal
There isn't a second rule
Why can’t Pop move very fast?
He has pain in his finger
He has a bad leg
He is lazy
He lost a toe
How do Cal and Possum get into the dorm room.
They use the giant stairs that Cal saw when they first arrived
They climb up some vines along the wall of the building
They see the nurse, who shows them the way to the room
The Superintendant walks Cal up to his new dorm room
What does Cal realize as he enters the dorm?
He has seen this room before when Pop brought him for a visit
He realized that he knows some of the boys that they are sharing a room with
He will get o sleep near a window, so it will be easier for him to run away
He has seen this room before in his vision of Charlie Cornsilk
When Possum asks Cal why he is sad, what does Cal say?
He is missing the road
He is missing his mom
He is missing the farm
He missed his train
What does Cal give to Pop as he is leaving?
His medal
His mother's comb
A book to keep him company on the road
A watch
Cal's first friend at Challagi, Charles Aird, is nicknamed ...
Bearclaw
Possum
Jay Bird
Skinny
What day of the week was Pop’s favorite?
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
What name does Charles Aird give Cal?
MEADOWLARK
BLUE JAY
RED BIRD
JAY BIRD
What happens to Cal when he sees the old guardhouse?
He realizes that he needs to stay away from it, it could be dangerous
He slips into a vision that he is inside the dark room with only a barred window and plank bed.
He is grateful that he will not have to experience the guardhouse and all the ghosts that live there.
He has a vision of his Pop in the guardhouse all alone
After Cal has his vision, what surprises him about what Possum says?
He can't believe there is a name for seeing into the future
He is not sure he feels better or worse knowing that there are others like him
He can't believe there are other people like him
All of these
Who does Cal meet at the tailor shop
Bear Meat
Possum
Head Goose
Skinny
What will be the prize of the wrestling match with Bear Meat?
He will get to keep his jackknife
He will become part of the group
He will get extra food rations
He will take Bear Meat's shoes
When the head disciplinarian walked up during the fight with Bear Meat, what did Cal say happened to him?
He was pushed by Bear Meat
He was tripped by one of the boys
He fell because his shoe is broken
He did not answer
Pop and Cal claim to be hoboes who follow rules that they call...
the law
the ethical code
guidelines
doing the right thing
Before arriving at Challagi, Pop and Cal help deliver ______ to the school.
Pigs
Students
Horses
Textbooks
When Cal finds out that he is half Creek, his reaction is ...
Excitement
Confusion
Confidence
Anger
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?
The First War
The Only War
The Great War
The Bad War
What are hobo signs?
Symbols hoboes use to communicate with one another
Books hoboes use to learn when they are not in school
Things that tell hoboes when to go to the doctor
Things that tell hoboes when they can walk and when they have to stop
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
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
Which description below describes the way Cal always thought about Indians?
crafty
troublemakers
mean
friendly-like
Which Indian tribe did Pop belong to?
Cherokee
Shoshone
Creek
Navajo
What does "mess" mean as it is used in Chapter 19?
meal
dirty
clean
messy
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?
He gently shook him until he woke
He tossed ice into his bed
He carried him outside and dropped him in the horse trough and pumped water in his face
He jumped up and down on his bed repeatedly until Cal woke up from sleeping
What was the first job that Cal was given?
Cleaning out the horse stables
Cleaning the toilets
Scrubbing the floor
Washing the windows
