Lyddie Chapter 7

IRONY: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

What is the irony of chapter seven's title?

• The north is associated with freedom.

• The south was closer to the north in freedom.

• The south represents the freedom of the people.

What caused Lyddie's feet to chafe?

• Lyddie's shoes were too small.

• Lyddie's shoes were too big and stuffed with paper.

• Lyddie had already walked 10 miles.

• Lyddie was trudging through the mud caused by the rain.

Why did Lyddie not allow Triphena to persuade her to wait?

• Lyddie wanted to get on the road before it was too late in the evening.

• Lyddie didn't want to take the risk of allowing the mistress to talk her into staying.

• Lyddie was too eager to begin her journey and didn't want to miss the stagecoach.

How is Lyddie's encounter with Ezekial, a runaway slave, a turning point in her character development?

• Lyddie sees the parallel in her own quest for freedom and Ezekial's.

• Lyddie decides that she will never own a slave.

• Lyddie was once selfish in her endeavors, now she puts others before herself.

Why does Lyddie take control of the situation when the stage coach got stuck?

• She could bare the stuffy, smelly, carriage no longer, and needed fresh air.

• The passengers thought less of her because of the way she was dressed, and that would show them that she was just as good.

• After trying to restrain from helping the men, she finally grew tired of their incompetence.

How does the stagecoach driver help Lyddie?

• He tells her that she will not have to pay him for the ride.

• He took Lyddie to the nearest inn and gave her something to keep warm.

• He took Lyddie to his sister's boarding house.

Next, Triphena made her wait while she packed her a parcel of food large enough to feed a table of harvesters. Parcel means

• package

• group

• a lot

Then, just at dusk, the sky opened, and it began to rain--not light spring showers, but cold, soaking torrents of rain, streaming down her face, icicling rivulets down her chest and legs. Torrents and rivulets mean...

• floods, stream of water

• blasts, rings of water

• storms, dried

Lyddie hesitated, but her sodden clothes and blistered feet reminded her how unsuited she was to continue the journey. What does sodden and unsuited mean? p.47

• spoiled, unclothed

• saturated, not appropriate

• ragged, undone

She was obliged, reluctantly, to stop in the next village and seek shelter for the night. What does obliged mean?

• unwilling

• swift

• compelled