Name

Reading 

 

 Date 

The Keeping Room Chapter 5

 

Chapter 5

 

Vocabulary

 

engulf p.47

traitor p.47

seized p. 47

determinedly p. 49

marred p.51

gallows p. 55

stockade p.58

downtrodden p.60

 

Take notes that summarize the important events in the story to prepare for a reading quiz.

Reading Quiz:

 

Be prepared to give a brief answer to each of the following questions:

 

1.         Joseph is torn between the Quaker ideas of non-violence held by his mother and the desire to fight and protect his family like his father.  In this chapter, which side is his sister Mary leaning toward?

 

2.         The soldiers order that all livestock be taken from the town's people.  In addition to livestock, what do the soldiers take from Joseph's family?

 

3.         What do the British build in the Kershaw's side garden?

 

4.         Describe the difference between the appearance of the British soldiers as they marched into Camden and the appearance of the defeated rebel soldiers.