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Quiz 1 - Dark Water Rising - by Marian Hale Chapters 1-5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Galveston not have?

a)

local & long distance telephone service

b)

three big concert halls

c)

electric street cars

d)

a ship building factory

e)

electric lights

2.

What does Seth's Papa want for him?

a)

to be a carpenter

b)

to be a foreman

c)

to be a railman

d)

to be a doctor

3.

What did Seth want to do until school started?

a)

swim and fish

b)

read and sleep

c)

work and sleep

d)

fish and read

4.

What is Seth going to be doing until school starts?

a)

shing in East End Flats

b)

babysitting Kate for his Mama

c)

working as a carpenter's helper

d)

working at the store with Ben

5.

What does "Knowing which side of the bread to butter" mean?

a)

knows how to make toast properly

b)

knows how to make himself look good

c)

knows how to take care of children

d)

knows how to be kind to others

6.

What is a "Portable Bathhouse"?

a)

a bathtub on wheels

b)

an outhouse on wheels

c)

a cart you moved with you to bathe in if you didn't have running water

d)

a cart that took swimmers into the water to keep their feet out of the sand

7.

What was making Seth uncomfortable about Ezra?

a)

how the adults were treating him

b)

how Ezra rushed about all the time

c)

how slow Ezra was about everything

d)

he wasn't used to black people

8.

Why did Seth have trouble falling asleep after the Labor Day parade?

a)

he didn't feel at home

b)

he was nervous about starting his new job

c)

his brothers were annoying him

d)

his bed squeaked

9.

What does "Hornswaggle" mean?

a)

break the ice

b)

hold your horses

c)

pull the wool over someone's eyes

d)

beat around the bush

10.

Where had Seth heard the name Covington before?

a)

he hadn't really heard the name before

b)

Ben had said he had a friend with that name

c)

his bosses name was supposed to be Covington

d)

the girl down the street from his cousin's house