Question 1

Across Five Aprils

Who helps Jethro in the fields when his father is hurt?

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Question 2

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What does Shadrach tell Jethro to NOT call the president?

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Question 3

Across Five Aprils

One night, three men approach undercover of the darkness, what happens?

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Question 4

Across Five Aprils

Figurative language for Across Five Aprils

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Question 5

Across Five Aprils

What did Wilse Graham accuse President Lincoln of in Chapter 2?

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Question 6

Across Five Aprils

What did Shad write that he was questioning of McClellan?

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Question 7

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What news did Shadrach Yale bring back from town?

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Question 8

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Why does Shad think the Battle of Antietam was not a success?

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Question 9

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How old was Mary when she died?

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Question 10

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Question 11

Across Five Aprils

In the novel, Across Five Aprils, why do you think Tom and John chose to fight for the Union?

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Question 12

Across Five Aprils

What happened at Missionary Ridge? Who gives the first- hand account of what actually happened?

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Question 13

Across Five Aprils

Why does Bill insist that John tell his mother that he was not at Pittsburg Landing? (Give an answer deeper than the words at the end of the chapter.)

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Question 14

Across Five Aprils

How do the Creightons find out that Bill is still alive?

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Question 15

Across Five Aprils

Which Democratic candidate runs against President Lincoln in 1864? Why is this surprising?

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Question 16

Across Five Aprils

Why are Jethro’s parents worried about him?

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Question 17

Across Five Aprils

What tragedy happens to make the “fifth April… a time of grief and desolation”? (pg. 204) Why was it so tragic to Jethro specifically?

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Question 18

Across Five Aprils

When was peace declared? Where? How long did the war last?

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Question 19

Across Five Aprils

What is the 13th Amendment?

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Question 20

Across Five Aprils

The celebration in the North was described. What do you think the South was like when the surrender was announced?

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Question 21

Across Five Aprils

What is Shad’s plan for himself and for Jethro?

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Question 22

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Question 23

Across Five Aprils

In the first column, list things about Jethro as a child, in the third column, list things that only apply to Jethro as a young adult. IN the middle, list the things that stay the same about Jethro throughout the book.

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Question 24

Across Five Aprils

Think about Jethro before his father’s heart attack and after. How has he changed? Complete the chart below for the person that Jethro is now in the book (the “adult” version of Jethro)

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Question 25

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Jethro has matured in the last chapter and the first half of this chapter. How is he different from the child he was in the first chapter?

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