The Madman of Piney Woods: pg 1-52

Which of the following is not true about Benji or his family?

• His mother escaped slavery.

• His grandfather had been beaten to death by a slave owner.

• Benji and his siblings, Stubby and Patience, escaped slavery on the Underground Railroad.

• His mother had seen or heard from her parents in many years.

What is the actual setting of Chapter One?

• A battlefield in Macon, Georgia

• The woods in Buxton, Ontario

• An unknown Southern city during the Civil War

• A forest between the US and Canadian border

In Chapter Two, we learn that Grandmother O'Toole hates many different people. Select all that were mentioned.

• Black Canadians

• The English

• Canadians in Uniform

• The Irish

Which of the following is not true for Alvin "Red" Stockard?

• He lives by the "scientific method."

• He was his teacher (Miss Jacob's) favorite student.

• His father was a judge.

• He had red hair and was Irish.

Which character struggles with the vices of jealousy, pride and envy?

• Spencer

• Red

• Benji

• Grandmother

  O'Toole

Benji and Spencer are best friends. Select all events they have experience together thus far...

• They went fishing.

• They took down and reassembled a tree house.

• Wrote a letter signed "The Madman of Piney Woods" and watched as Patience and Stubby were spooked.

• They pretended to fight in the Civil War.

Why does Curly pick a fight with Petey and then Hickman?

• He doesn't like either one of them and has been wanting to fight them for some time.

• Curly thinks they are both cowards and he can't stand "yellow-bellied cowards."

• Curly is angry and a racist and his father told him to fight them.

• Curly's father beat him and his mother up and Curly is trying to "stage" a fight to keep his dad out of jail.

What punishment do Curly and Hickman receive from Miss Jacobs when they arrive at school after fighting?

• They have to "duck-squat" in the cloakroom.

• They have to write sentences on the chalkboard in front of the class.

• They each have to publicly apologize in the front of the room to their classmates.

• She makes each of them go home because they aren't "fit" to be at school.

In this week's reading, we learn of the Madman of Piney Woods. Although many kids think he was just made up to scare kids into doing things, why does Benji actually fear him?

• The original settlers of Buxton got upset whenever the kids mentioned looking for him.

• Benji's parents had warned him that he was real and they had seen him.

• Patience and Stubby had seen him when they were investigating the forest.

• The old folks of Buxton had photos of him and Mrs. Solomon had shared those photos.

Foreshadowing is defined as a warning or indication of a future event. How might the last sentence in Chapter Six be an example of foreshadowing? What might it be predicting?

• Curly will try to make up with Peter and everything will probably be resolved.

• Curly is still angry with Peter and he's going to try to fight him again.

• Peter missed school that day because he's not in Curly's good graces.

• Peter hasn't forgiven Curly and there may still be a confrontation between them.