Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy Ch 1- 5

What is the setting of the book?

• present-day Maine

• coastal town in Maine in 1911-12

• Boston, Massachusetts, in 1911-12

• present-day Boston, Massachusetts

All of the following made the trip on the water difficult except

• night falling.

• the choppy waves.

• trying to keep Lizzie awake.

• worrying about being in trouble.

What did Turner see in the water?

• dolphins

• fish

• jellyfish

• whales

She was known for her yellow shutters and strawberry red door.

• Mrs. Buckminster
• Mrs. Cobb
• Mrs. Hurd

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

True or False:  This novel is historical fiction.

• True 
• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What do the "frock coats" of Phippsburg want to do with Malaga Island?

• build a new and better school for the children who live on the island
• Take all of the lumber off of it to build a new asylum
• make a resort area out of it to save the town

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Authors use symbols in novels.  Clouds/rain were used several times in this book.  What do you think they might represent?

• coming trouble in the plot of the story
• a need to use an umbrella
• Mrs. Cobb's cranky attitude

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which character is obsessed with what their last words will be?

• Mrs. Cobb

• Lizzie

• Willis Hurd

• Deacon Hurd

What aspect of their respective family lives do Lizzie and Turner have in common? (from Chapter 1)

•  Both are orphans
• Both are descended from men who preach the word of God.
• Both have several siblings.
• Both are descended from men who treat them like adults.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What happens to Lizzie that prompts Turner to take the two of them out in the dory in chapter 5?

• She gets lost. 
• She gets into trouble.
• She badly hurts her head on a rock.
• She climbs onto rocks she is not supposed to.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1