CH. 1-5 Review of Escape on the Underground Railroad

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Review 'Escape on the Underground Railroad' characters, plot, and vocabulary!

Character Matching Match each character to the correct description Silas Whitney Plantation owner who had slaves Shayne & Barry The best slave trackers in the south Harriet Tubman Conductor Robert & Kymberlee Young escaped slaves Jeremiah Silas' brother Figgins Whitney Plantation's handyman Jacob youngest member of the Whitney family Andrew Slave who complains a lot, especially about his feet Byron Silas' son- helps track slaves Complete the blanks in the following sentences. The events are in order of when they happened in the novel. Chpt. 1: Harriet Tubman helps 12 slaves escape from Whitney Hall PlantationChpt. 2: Silas Whitney, his two sons, two trackers start chasing the slaves.Chpt. 3: Harriet Tubman and the slaves hide in the marsh; she leaves a red bandana on a bush.Chpt. 4: Trackers spend night in Jeremiah’s old slave house on the marshChpt. 5: The slaves are able to get up the river with boatsChpt. 5: The slaves hide in Jeremiah’s barn;Jacob, Silas’ son, sees some slaves. Sort the following characters into the two categories: Slaves Trackers (These groups will not be equal) Slaves Kymberlee Robert Edward Ottis Charles Candiss Andrew James Crystal Jason Amber Rufus Trackers Silas Byron Shayne Barry Trevis Matching Vocabulary Match the vocabulary word to its definition gnarled knotted pompously self-important, high & mighty reverberate to echo intervening interfering discrepancy disagreement trek to travel a long way resonating full of sound

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