Tuesday, 5/24/05
Quiz. If you haven't finished reading chapters 1 and 2, do that first. Answer the questions. Fill in each of the three blanks with a different name our main character has acquired. Put them in chronological order.

1. (2) Where did the "kick of a boot in ______'s belly" come from?
2. True/False. Sleeping in the dung heap, she dreamed of "snug cottages, and warm bread, and mothers who hugged their babies."
3. Why would she be a target for the "scrawniest, ugliest, dirtiest, stupidest" boys in the village? (Quote a line from the book.)
4. True/False. The midwife chased the boys away because she felt sorry for the girl.
5. What word is used over and over to describe the midwife?
6. (2) What made the midwife decide to take _______ home? (Quote a line from the book.)
7. And now, our heroine has a third name: _________________.
8. What advantage did sleeping in the dung heap have over the midwife's cottage floor?
9. Why doesn't she fight back when the boys taunt her?
10. True/False. Jack is the kid with the runny nose.
11. How does she find the bag in the pond?
12. What was the only way she knew to "comfort" the cat?
13. To change the margins for your research paper (in MS Word), you would go to... a) Format Menu --> Paragraph.  b) File Menu --> Page Setup.  c) View Menu --> Page Layout.  d) File Menu --> Properties.
14. Bonus Question: At the end of chapter two, she and the cat celebrate "Lady Day" (March 25) with a bit of cheese. What lady does Lady Day celebrate?
15. Bonus Question: To change the line spacing for your research paper (in MS Word), you would go to... a) Format Menu --> Paragraph.  b) File Menu --> Page Setup.  c) View Menu --> Page Layout.  d) File Menu --> Properties.

More Research Rough Draft Examples.
Return Rough Draft Pages.
Research Rough Drafts Aloud Tomorrow.
The Midwife's Apprentice.