Underground to Canada

Underground to Canada

<p> UNDERGROUND TO CANADA CHAPTER ONE QUESTIONS</p><p>1. Who is making the night music that drones through the plantation?</p><p>2. Why doesn’t Master Jeb Hensen like the slaves singing?</p><p>3. Describe the setting at the opening of the novel.</p><p>4. Who is Missy Hensen?</p><p>5. What is meant by “the deep south”?</p><p>6. Why does Julilly’s mother speak of Canada? UNDERGROUND TO CANADA CHAPTER TWO QUESTIONS</p><p>1. Why did the slaves get up so early?</p><p>2. What does Mama tell June Lilly to do if she is sold?</p><p>3. Describe how the man rounded up the slaves that morning?</p><p>4. Why does the author describe the man that rounded up the slaves in such in unpleasant fashion.</p><p>5. Why was Julilly so frightened? UNDERGROUND TO CANADA CHAPTER THREE QUESTIONS</p><p>1. How did the tall white man offer to help the slaves?</p><p>2. What is meant by the phrase “their eyes spoke fear”?</p><p>3. What were the “sheets of falling water”?</p><p>4. Why did the fat man become so angry? UNDERGROUND TO CANADA CHAPTERS 1 – 3 SPELLING/VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES</p><p>WORD MEANINGS</p><p>Write the meaning in the blank to the right of each word.</p><p>1. drone ______2. quarters ______3. coarse ______4. plantation ______5. scold ______6. fretful ______7. kin ______8. mourned ______9. tote ______10. ram ______11. yearning ______12. loiter ______13. tolling ______14. wisp ______15. plodding ______16. clung ______17. abolitionist ______USE EACH WORD IN A SENTENCE</p><p>Use each word in a sentence that shows the correct context of its meaning</p><p>1. drone ______2. quarters ______3. coarse ______4. plantation ______5. scold ______6. fretful ______7. kin ______8. mourned ______9. tote ______10. ram ______11. yearning ______12. loiter ______13. tolling ______14. wisp ______15. plodding ______16. clung ______17. abolitionist ______UNDERGROUND TO CANADA FRIDAY INDEPTH QUESTION</p><p>1. Pretend you are one of the slaves in the novel. Write a letter to a friend describing the problems you have faced so far.</p><p>UNDERGROUND TO CANADA OTHER QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER</p><p>Choose ONE question from the list below and answer it with as much detail as possible.</p><p>1. Research slavery in both Canada and United States. When was slavery abolished in both countries? Describe what harm slavery does to both the slave and the owner. Slavery still exists in the world today. Find out where? Is there anything you can do about this problem today?</p><p>2. What does the word “Freedom” mean to you. Provide at least five proper sentences in your answer.</p><p>3. Describe two important events that occurred in the first three chapters. Each event should be written up in a 5 to 8 sentence paragraph. List the two events in the proper chronological order. </p>

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