Steal Away Home Chapters 21 - 25

Why doesn't Lizbet Charles like Dr. Olney?

• He threatened to tell Mr. Weaver that Mrs. Weaver was letting Lizbet stay at their house.

• She thinks her way of curing sick people is better than his.

• He is proslavery

• He's not a Quaker

Where was Bethany's family moving and why?

• Oregon to get away from the war and weather in Kansas

• Georgia so that her family could own slaves

• Boston to help get the Emancipation Proclamation passed

• A new house because theirs burned

Why did Mrs. Weaver take James to meet the wagon of scallywags, rather than her husband?

• She knew there were slaves in the wagon and Mr. Weaver was home.

• She didn't want Mr. Weaver to accept the cloth.

• She was worried that they were going to cause trouble.

What was the purpose of the corndodgers?

• It was the nickname for the hush puppies that Mike was eating.

• To feed the runaway slaves

• To stop the bloodhounds from tracking the slaves

Who designed the Wolcott castle?

• Mr. Shannon (Dana's dad)

• Mr. Weaver

• James

• Jeep

What does it mean to fight fire with fire?

• It was a strategy used in the Civil War where Border Ruffians burned down cities such as Lawrence, Kansas

• To treat others the way you want to be treated

• To get off to a quick start on something

• To fight against someone in the same way that they are fighting against you.

What is the community project that the Shannon family is working on?

• Saving the turtles

• Pinwheels for Peace

• The Save the Wolcott Castle Campaign

• Mr. Shannon's campaign for mayor

Why did Mrs. Weaver stop writing in her journal?

• She lost the journal

• It got burned in the prairie fire

• Mr. Weaver found it

• Mrs. Weaver went to Boston so she left it with Miz Lizbet

What do you think Miz Lizbet's message for Solomon ("Don't you go get married now") means?

• She thinks he is too sick to get married

• He might get taken back into slavery soon

• She wants to marry him

What did Marshall Fain mean when he told Mr. Weaver that it "seemed like he was blowing smoke out of two different chimneys"?

• He was saying he was following the law while defending someone who broke the law (saying one thing and doing another).

• He meant that Mr. Weaver was getting to angry too often.

• He was telling Mr. Weaver that there must be a fire inside his house.

• He meant that Mr. Weaver shouldn't argue with the President.