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thomas
english witch of blackbird chap 8-18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what do you think is foreshadowed in "never...would the Meadows break the promise they held for her..."? | foreshadows will become stress and problems,opposite what it says |
| what does the meadow represent to kit | freedom and legth of space? |
| who lives in the meadow? what do people think about her? why? | Widdow tupper lives in the meadow,people think shes a witch because four years ago,water covered her whole house when she cam out she seemed like nothing happened |
| what was the dame school?why was this job so appealing to Kit | the dame school is a school where mercy teaches. the job was so appealing to kit because she would get wages,she also loves to work with children |
| what new information does mercy reveal to kit about the wood family | mercy tells kit that the wood family used to have two boys but they died |
| when kit was teaching the children at dame school, how did they react? what was their favorite part of the school day | their favorite part of the school day was when kit told the children stories |
| how many children attended kit and mercys school? how long was school? | eleven children attended the school. the school was four hours. kids ages 4-7 went there |
| why were Mr. ELeazer Kimberly and Reverend John Woodbridge disturbed about Kits dame school? what was the result? | They were disturbed because they saw what was happening with the kids, they were fighting physically |
| because Kit could not handle seeing Mercy cry,where did Kit run to? | Kit ran to the Blackbird pond/great meadow |
| what clues did the author give us about Hannah Tupper? describe her | She is old. She explains how long ago her colorless eyes, odd shape scar on her forehead |
| what does kit admit to hannah | kit admits to Hannah that she hates this place |
| why do you think Hannah showed kit the flower from Africa? | I think Hannah showed kit the flower because the flower couldn't grow,but it did. |
| what was the outcome of Kit knocking on Mr Eleazer Kimberlys door? | the outcome was that Kit and Mercy got one more chance to teach. Kit felt like she was bewitched |
| how did Aunt Rachel and Mercy react when Kit told them that she had visited the "witch"? | they reacted like that it was really bad,warned her not to go visit her again |
| what did aunt Rachel know about quakers | aunt Rachel knows that Hannah tuber is a quaker,quakers get hung in Massachusetts. they are quite stubborn people |
| who visited the Wood family regularly? why? | William ashby because he wants to know Kit better |
| what does Mr Eleazer Kimberley believe about children | kids are evil by nature |
| why did Hannah have to pay taxes on swamp land and fines? what kind of work did Hannah do to pay the taxes | |
| who was hannahs seafaring friend? under what circumstances did he find Hannah? how was this similar to kits circumstances? | Nat is hannahs seafaring friend. nat ran away. this is similar because they both ran away and ended up in hannahs house and started eating her food. |
| what had mercy settled a long time ago? how does mercy accept being crippled? | what had been settled a long time ago was that the things that she cant do she doesn't think about anymore. she accepts being crippled by doing the things she can do |
| who kept leaving flowers by the school room door? who were the flowers for? what did the person want | prudence croff kept leaving flowers by the school room door. the flowers were for kit. prudence wanted to learn like the other kids |
| where did prudence and kit go to learn the horn? what was kit's gift to Prudence? where did they decide to leave the present so Goodwife Cruff would not see it? | they went to the meadows. kits gift to prudence was the hornbook. they had the book with Hannah tupper |
| what was hannahs magic cure for everything?what was the bible name for it | Hannah magic cure for everything was blueberry cake and kittens. the bibles name was love |
| when William would come to visit,what did he always talk about in great detail? who really enjoyed his conversation | he always talked about his house. Judith really enjoyed his conversation |
| what was the one thing that united all of them(uncle matthew,aunt Rachel,judith,mercy,kit,william and john? | they all loved to listen to johns stories that he told |
| what shocking realization did kit have that night | she realizes that mercy is in love with john holbrook |
| by the time the dame school ended in mid august, what waited to fill kits hours | one hundred new tasts waited to fill kits hours |
| what did aunt Rachel give to kit before kit left to go to visit Hannah tupper? what did aunt Rachel say? | a bit leftover apple tart. " I cant help it kit. I don't approve it at all. I cant bear to think of anyone going hungry when we have such supply" |
| what was nat doing at Hannah tuppers? how did kit help | he went up rocky hill and he is helping Hannah cutting up grass |
| when ant and kit were sitting on top of the roof, what was the atmosphere like? | the sun pressed against them when they were on top of the roof |
| why did nat compare kit to the bright colored bird he wanted to bring to his grandmother in saybrook |
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