Jip: His Story
Author: Katherine Peterson
Reading Level - 7.1
# words - 49,000 words
# Questions - 10
# Points - 8
Question # 1 -
No one knew who Jip belonged to because when he was small
*he had "fallen off the back of a wagon."
his parents died in an explosion.
he was found in the river.
he was found in a forest.
Question # 2 -
Jip became a friend of
*Put, "the lunatic."
Mr. Flint, the overseer.
Mr. Lyman, the manager.
Mr. Dudley, the sheriff.
Question # 3 -
Sheldon was killed
*by an explosion at the granite quarry.
when he was hit by a train.
by the lunatic.
when he was struck by lightening in a storm.
Question # 4 -
________ helped Jip with his school work.
*Lucy and Put
Mrs. Wilkins and Mr. Lyman
Toddy
Berthie
Question # 5 -
Why did Jip miss at least a week of school?
*Put was having a bad spell, and only Jip could care for him.
Berthie died.
Toddy was very sick.
Mr. Lyman was gone, and Jip did all the work.
Question # 6 -
Jip was told that if he needed help, he should contact . . .
*Mr. Stevens, or Teacher.
the Bracketts.
the overseer.
the sheriff.
Question #7 -
Mrs. Wilkins went to town and
*got a job with a dressmaker.
bought tickets on the stagecoach to go West.
put Lucy and Toddy up for adoption.
became the new school teacher.
Question # 8 -
In the store, when Jip looked at the "strangers",
*he felt like he was seeing his own ghost.
saw 2 very rich men, and 2 ladies.
saw them stealing apples.
saw people dressed in strange foreign clothes.
Question # 9 -
Mr. Stevens explained to Jip that his mother
*was a slave.
had died when he was born.
had just arrived in town.
had gone back to Hungary.
Question # 10 -
Jip managed to get to Canada and Reverend Ezekial Freeman
*after he escaped from jail.
after being in court with Teacher & Mr. Stevens.
by traveling the Underground Railroad with Put.
after being a slave for 12 years.