1. Do you think Will regretted his decision to accept Hank’s challenge? Support your answer.
2. What are traits associated with a coward? a hero?
3. Do you think Will would have been a coward not to fight Hank? Support your answer.
4. Is Will dishonest when he said, ” I wasn’t hurt any.” to Hank’s dad?
Before we started our Civil War unit, I asked you what you already knew about this war and what you’d like to learn about it. Now I’d like you to see if you found the answers to your questions. Write this information and any other interesting information that you learned during this unit.
1. How has Sarah changed by the end of the book? What’s your evidence?
2. What evidence is there to support that Isaac Morton is a logical man?
3. What would you change about the plot of the book?
1. What is the irony in chapter 36? (Hint: How will Hannah pay for the trip to Salem?)
2. Why does Hannah feel like a traitor?
3. Predict what will happen to Hannah, Will, Caleb, and Catherine.
1. What is your opinion of “an eye for an eye”?
2. What happens to Wormley at the end of the book?
3. What would you change about the plot of the book?
1. Sam thinks a lot “if onlys” in this book. She thought “… if only I could keep my temper” and “if only I was a boy, I could go into the tavern.” What “if only” would you like to consider for yourself?
2. The authors used foreshadowing when they wrote that Sam couldn’t imagine what it would be like to sight a person with a gun. How might this be seen later in the book?
3. Sam’s father is a patriot. What are Sam’s beliefs? Which side of the war would you have chosen? Why?
1. Hannah chose one item to take with her when she left Aunt Phoebe. What one item would you choose to take and why?
2.Hannah can imitate people. How do you think Meg is planning on using this talent?
3. What talent do you have that might have helped during the war?
1. Sarah goes to look for work at the Lion and the Lamb. The author purposefully chose this name for the tavern. Who is the lion? Who is the lamb? How are they pictured on the sign? What does the picture tell you?
2. Think of another name for the tavern once the war has started.
3. The soldiers don’t think about dying. How does this make them a better soldier?