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Many Puritans believed in the concept of infant depravity. What does this term mean and how does it relate to the Puritans' religious beliefs? |
They thought babies were evil. Most parents didn't embrace their kids like we do now. Their religious beliefs that kids were not to be trusted. They were born in sin. |
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What is the name of the wooden object that Puritans used to teach their children the alphabet? |
Horn Book. |
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What is the title of Mary Mapes Dodge's famous children's book set in Holland? |
Hans-Brinker |
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Who wrote Rollo at Play |
Jacob Abbott |
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Who wrote Ragged Dick |
Horatio Alger |
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What is the title of the famous children's book written by Thomas Bailey? |
The story of a Bad Boy |
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What was Mark Twain's real name |
Samuel Clemmons |
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Mark Twain set The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in his boyhood town of Hannibal, but he gave it another name. What is the town called in the book? |
St. Petersburg |
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At one point in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck take a blood oath. What do they swear to do? |
They swear to not tell anyone about the crime they witnessed when they were in the graveyard with the cat. |
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What is the difference between a dynamic and static character? Which one is Tom Sawyer? |
A dynamic character is one who changes through the course of the story. A static character remains the same. Tom Sawyer is a dynamic character. |
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At one point in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom, Huck, and Joe Harper are camping out on Jackson Island. What are they pretending to be while they are on the island? |
They are pretending to be pirates. |
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In the second half of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck discover that Injun Joe has been using a disguise, what is his disguise? |
He was disguised as a Spaniard. |
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Define the term Autobiographical Fiction. Explain how it relates to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. |
A story written about the author, by the author him/herself including fictional elements to add creativity. The adventures of Tom Sawyer is about Mark Twains childhood just wish different names for people and places. Some extra events were added for fun. |
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Who wrote Hospital Sketches? |
Louisa May Alcott |
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What is the title of Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's novel about a boy from New York who moves to England to live with his wealthy grandfather? |
Little Lord Faunte |
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What country is Mary living in at the beginning of The Secret Garden |
India |
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Why did Mr. Craven throw away the key to the secret garden? |
Because that is where his wife spent a lot of her time. She fell off a branch inside and that is what killed her. It was her special place. |
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Toward the end of the Secret Garden, what does Collin do to the potrait of his mother? |
Uncovers the portrait. |
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What is the name of the character in The Secret Garden who has an almost magical ability to communicate with animals? |
Dickon, Martha's brother. |
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Arrange the following books in chronological order starting with the oldest: Rollo at Play, The Secret Garden, Ragged Dick, The New England Primer. |
The New England Primer, Rollo at Play, Ragged Dick, The Secret Garden. |
