Two Roads: Chapter 1 & 2

Who are the two main characters in chapter 1 of Two Roads

• Cal & Pop

• Calvin & his dad

• Kevin & Pop

• John & Mary

What is the setting of the story?

• April of 1965

  In the North (USA)

• March 1932

  In the South (USA)

• January 2020

  In Germany

• July 1978

  In Japan

Pop doesn't hear that. Though he can still catch the songs of  the birds in the trees above us—like the redbird he pointed out a  mile back—real low noises escape his ears. It has been that way since the sixth of June in '18 when he was partially deafened by the booming of the big guns. What big guns is Cal referring to in Chapter 1?

• The Cold War that Pop fought in

• WWII that Pop fought in

• The Blue War that Pop fought in

• WWI that Pop fought in

"No," he says. "Not like wheat nor rye. Mown grass does not bleed or make the ground so slippery you can't hardly stand." This is an example of which figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

My heart's pounding like a drum as we wait for the signal. This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

What is Cal carrying in his pack?

• Three stones his Pop gave him.

• Three books that Cal's 6th grade teacher gave him.

• Three coins that he saved from doing odd jobs.

• Three i-phones

I'd buy more books if I had the money and a place to keep them other than my pack. One day, probably years down the road, when Pop and I have a place of our own again—as Pop promises we will—I am going to have a whole shelf of books in my room. Maybe two.  What can you infer

about Cal and Pop?

• Pop and Cal are homeless.

• Pop and Cal have a lot of money.

• Pop and Cal have a very bad relationship.

• Cal hates books and Pop makes a lot of promises that he cannot keep.

What does trudge mean?

I'm studying the trees and plants by the road as we trudge along.

• To walk quietly

• To walk without a purpose

• To run quickly

• To walk heavily without energy

What are snares?

I can hear Pop talking to the rabbits as he puts out the snares.

• rabbit traps

• bear traps

• food for pet rabbits

• racoon traps

While camping and hunting rabbits who does Cal and Pop meet?

• Rose Campbell

• Red Campbell

• Rita McGee

• Robert McGee