Chapters 1-4 Underground to Canada

Underground to Canada

Chapters 1 – 4

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Chapter 1

1.  How old is Julilly and how did she get her name? (2 marks)

2.  Was Massa Hensen a good master?  Find a sentence or phrase that supports your answer. (2 marks)

3.  Why were Masters raising and selling slaves instead of crops these days? (1 mark)

4.  What evidence is there that Mammy Sally has a faith in God? (1 mark)

5.  What secret does Mammy Sally tell Julilly? (1 mark)

Chapter 2

1.  What descriptive words and images does the author use to create a negative picture of the slave trader in the readers’ minds?  (pg. 19 in the old book and 12 in the new) (1 mark)

2.  A metaphor is a comparison stating something is something else.  What metaphor does the author use on page 21 (only applicable to the old books with the dark covers the page number in the new books is 16)  to compare Julilly’s chain to?  (1 mark) 

Chapter 3

1.  Who are the 3 men with Julilly and the children who were also sold to the slave trader?

 (1 mark)

2.  What is a gourd?  (Hint:  it’s not the vegetable definition) (1 mark)

3.  How does the slave trader know that the man who gives them water is a “Quaker Abolitionist”?  (Hint:  You may need to look at a google image of a Quaker Abolitionist.) (1 mark) 

Chapter 4

1.  What 2 things does Julilly say keep her from trying to run away? (2 marks)

2.  What brave thing does Julilly do to help the men? (1 mark)