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The Teacher's Funeral: The Jailhouse of School

Chapters 8-13

Review

1. Where did Charlie and Russell plan to sneak off to? 

 

2. Why did Tansy drive the wagon to the Tarbox home?

 

3. What was a gig?

 

4. Why did Charlie think that Glenn put the snake in the desk and sawed the plank?

 

5. Name the two games the students played at noon time.

 

6. Why did Aunt Maud cut hair by moonlight?

 

7. Describe the law that was passed in 1901.

 

8. What happened to JW at the Tarbox farm?

 

9. Whose property did Glenn cut across each day when he went to school?

 

10. Who did Lloyd think was Tansy's sweetheart?

 

11. Why did Dad take Russell to see the railroad yard?

 

12. What happened to the boys' privy?

 

13. What was the purpose for the lumber in the barn?

 

14. What were the two articles about in the weekly newspaper that Dad read aloud?

 

15. What did Charlie announce in the school house?

 

16. Who became the eighth student at Hominy Ridge School?

 

17. What was a puff adder? 

18. Who was the real big old lady who fell in the ditch when a plank split?

 

19. Which subject did the students begin their day with?

 

20. What did the Overland Automobile Company send to the school?