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Author:_________________________________________
Chapter count:____________________________________
Genre:_________________________________________
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Underground to Canada Title
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Underground to Canada Title
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Julilly’s Route to Freedom Name:_____________
Chapter 1
Vocabulary (8 marks)
Plantation: __________________________________
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Slave: ______________________________________
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Slavery: ____________________________________
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Overseer: ___________________________________
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Oppressed: __________________________________
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Whippoorwill: ________________________________
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___________: ________________________________
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Chapter 1
Comprehension Questions (10 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. How old is Julilly and how did Julilly get her name? (2 marks)
2. What are the three things that Mamma Sally tells Julilly when she hears that the
slaves may be sold? (3 marks)
5. Why did the news that “a slave trader from the south is coming” worry the
slaves? (2 marks)
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Loiter: _____________________________________________
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Hoecake: ____________________________________________
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Mulatto: _____________________________________________
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Chapter 2
Comprehension Questions (8 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. What time did the old ram wake up the slaves? (1 mark)
2. How does the fat man decide who he will be buying? What animal does Julilly feel
like after the inspection? (2 marks)
3. What does the fat man do to Ben, Adam, and Lester? (1 mark)
4. What is the name of the place where slavery is not allowed? (1 mark)
Shuffled: ____________________________________________
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Quaker: ____________________________________________
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Gourd: _____________________________________________
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Abolitionist: ___________________________________________
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Chapter 3
Comprehension Questions (5 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Julilly begins to see shimmering pools of water ahead of their cart, but each one
disappears when the wagon gets close to it. What is this called? (1 mark)
2. Compare Julilly’s life with that of the black boy they meet at the stream. (1
marks)
3. As the wagon load of children gets further down the road, what is Julilly thinking
about? (1 mark)
4. All the children are hot and thirsty. Who brings them water to drink? (1 mark)
Chapters 1-3 Review
Number the events listen below in their correct order. Print the numbers 1-6
beside the corresponding sentence. (6 marks)
Sentence Detective: Circle the mistakes in the following paragraph. You are
looking for proper punctuation and capitalization. There are 10 mistakes to
find. (10 marks)
the little children around her wore skimpy clothes they pressed against julilly with
their hot, dry skin and whimpered like tiny, forgotten Sheep. julilly held two, small
hands, both sticky with sweat and dust the Sun flamed gold and blistering above
them, and the Sky became hard and bright blue
My Title Page
Fill out the first three boxes of your title page. Each box should have one idea or
character from each chapter we’ve read so far.
My Prediction
In the next few chapters I hope…
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Chapter 4
Vocabulary (7 marks)
Swamp: _____________________________________________
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Sieves: _____________________________________________
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Torture: ____________________________________________
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Seldom: _____________________________________________
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Chapter 4
Comprehension Questions (6 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
3. What two uses does Julilly find for the drinking gourd that has been given to
her? (2 marks)
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Scrounged: ___________________________________________
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Chapter 5
Comprehension Questions (4 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Who owns the plantation that the slaves arrive at? (1 mark)
Trough: _____________________________________________
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Hunch-backed: ________________________________________
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Listlessness: __________________________________________
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Chapter 6
Comprehension Questions (11 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. List what the girls had for dinner, breakfast and lunch the first day Julilly arrived. (3 marks)
2. Describe how the girls washed their clothes. List the steps in sequence, using words like first, next,
then, and lastly. (4 marks)
3. What food groups are completely lacking from their diet? How will this affect them if this diet
continues? (2 marks)
5. Explain what Liza’s dad meant when he said, “Liza, the soul is all black or white ‘pending on the
man’s life and not his skin”. (1 mark)
7. How does Julilly help Liza when they are picking cotton bolls? (1 mark)
My Prediction
In the next few chapters I think…
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Chapters 4-6 Review
My Prediction
In the next few chapters I think…
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My Title Page
Fill out the next three boxes of your title page. Each box should have one idea or
character from chapters 4-6.
Timeline (4 marks)
Find a partner. You and your partner will select four events that have taken place so far in
the novel (chapters 1-6). Describe each event and draw a picture for each scene. Make
sure that your scenes are in chronological order and that both you and your partner draw
the scenes in your own booklets.
Event #3 Event #4
Chapter 7
Vocabulary (5 marks)
Ornithologist: __________________________________________
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Humour: ________________________________________
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Thorough: ________________________________________
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Chapter 7
Comprehension Questions (11 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. How many pounds of cotton did Julilly pick each day? (1 mark)
2. What would happen if Sims found out that the slaves hadn't picked enough? (1 mark)
4. Who was the visitor with Massa Riley and Sims? (1 mark)
Scrawny: ____________________________________________
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Cautious: ____________________________________________
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Mockingbird: __________________________________________
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Trudged: ____________________________________________
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Chapter 8
Comprehension Questions (14 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Which two slaves were chosen to help Mr. Alexander Ross? (2 marks)
3. What does the word “free” mean to Julilly? What does it mean to you? (2 marks)
4. List three facts that the girls discuss about Canada. (3 marks)
5. Why do Liza and Julilly both say “I’m afraid and I’m not afraid”? (1 marks)
6. Write 5 questions about Chapter 8 that can be answered with a yes or no answer.
1. ______________________________________________________
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2. ______________________________________________________
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3. ______________________________________________________
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Chapters 7&8 Review
Chapter 7&8 Vocabulary Match Up (13 marks)
My Title Page
Fill out the next two boxes of your title page. Each box should have one idea or
character from chapters 7 and 8.
Chapters 7&8 Review
Cloze Activity: Fill in the Blanks (16 marks)
Word Bank:
Adam overseer cotton bolls Alexander Ross cabin
Turnip Canada North Star ruckus ribbon
Plantation washing church birds black eyed-peas
cat-o-nine-tails
Julilly had always looked forward to Sunday on the Hensen plantation. Sometimes a preacher came
to an empty cabin that the black folks called their _______________. There was preaching
and singing.
On Saturday nights there was dancing. The slaves went far back into the woods for this, to another
empty _______________. Massa Hensen didn’t mind, so long as he didn’t have to listen. There
was plenty of ________________ with Lester and Adam playing the fiddles and Ben banging
a set of bones. In her hair Julilly wore a red ________________ which Mammy Sally
scrounged up for her. She could dance longer than anybody there.
But things were different at the Riley _______________. Sims, the
________________, was a man with a soul like a rotten _______________. He made
sure that all slaves picked a hundred pounds of _______________ every day, and if they
didn’t he would use his ________________ on them. Sunday was ________________
day at Massa Riley’s.
Julilly and her friend Liza often talked about the ________________, a country where slaves
were free. They had heard many rumours about Canada including that only
_____________________ can be grown there.
One day a strange man visited the plantation. His name was _________________ and he had
come from Canada to study ________________. He chose Lester and
________________ to help him. The arrival of the Canadian ornithologist had everyone on
the plantation talking about Canada. Julilly made a pact to follow the
______________________ and escape to the free land of Canada.
Chapter 9
Vocabulary (10 marks)
Taut: _________________________________________________________
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Trance: ________________________________________________________
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Unyielding: _______________________________________________________
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Meandered: _____________________________________________________
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Conviction: ______________________________________________________
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Liberate: _______________________________________________________
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Noble : _________________________________________________________
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Apprehension : ___________________________________________________
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Chapter 9
Comprehension Questions (6 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
3. How did Lester’s message about the meeting change Liza? (1 mark)
4. Why did Lester choose Julilly and Liza for the escape? (1 mark)
5. What did Mr. Ross do first after meeting Liza and Julilly? (1 mark)
6. Why is Adam surprised that Mr. Ross doesn’t own slaves? (1 mark)
Chapter 10
Vocabulary (7 marks)
Inevitable:_______________________________________________
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Pursuit: ________________________________________________
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Groveling:_______________________________________________
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___________: _________________________________________
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Chapter 10
Comprehension Questions (6 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. How were Liza and Julilly preparing for the trip? (1 mark)
2. Why does the possibility for a storm worry the girls? (1 mark)
3. What did Julilly say happened to the North Star when she saw it’s brightness? (1 mark)
4. What is the worst thing that can happen to Massa Ross if he were caught helping the slaves
escape? (1 mark)
5. Why were the girls instructed to let their dresses float in the water? (1 mark)
6. What sound alarmed Julilly when she was on watch duty the first day? (1 mark)
Chapter 11
Vocabulary (6 marks)
Canebrakes:_____________________________________________
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Bluntly: ________________________________________________
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Congress_: _____________________________________________
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Chapter 11
Comprehension Questions (6 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Why didn’t the plantation owners want the slaves to be able to read? (1 mark)
2. What happened to Liza’s dad when a Massa found him looking at a look? (2 marks)
3. What do you learn about Massa Hensen that further supports the feeling that he is a “kind” slave
owner? (1 mark)
4. Why must the slaves have a password once they get to Tennessee? (1 mark)
5. What happens once they are met by the Quaker Abolitionist? (1 mark)
6. What does the Fugitive Slave Act mean? What are the consequences for people who help the
slaves? (3 marks)
Chapter 12
Vocabulary (6 marks)
Venison:________________________________________________
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Prey: ________________________________________________
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Meagre_: _____________________________________________
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Portion: __________________________________________
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Chapter 12
Comprehension Questions (6 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
2. Why was it safer for the children to travel in the wagon rather than on the ground? (1 mark)
4. What does the following sentence mean: “proud Lester in chains again”? (1 mark)
5. What happens once they are met by the Quaker Abolitionist? (3 marks)
Chapters 10-12 Review
Prediction (5 marks)
Predict what will happen to the girls now.
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Venn Diagram
Complete a Venn diagram comparing the Sunday’s on the Hensen plantation with
Sunday's on the Riley plantation
Chapters 10-12 Review
True or False (12 marks)
Put a check mark next to the statement to mark whether it is
true of false
The slaves are supposed the follow the great Mississippi river South
My Title Page
Fill out the next three boxes of your title page. Each box should have one idea or
character from chapters 10—12.
Chapter 13
Vocabulary (7 marks)
Endurance:______________________________________________
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Unkempt: ______________________________________________
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Precaution: _____________________________________________
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Vowed: ________________________________________________
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Cruelty: ________________________________________________
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Chapter 13
Comprehension Questions (8 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Where do Liza and Julilly find shelter on their first day on their own? (1 mark)
2. What happened when Julilly knocked at the door of the first house? (1 mark)
3. What happened when Julilly and Liza decided to follow the cows? (1 mark)
4. What is the plan for getting food? How does this work out? (2 marks)
Swaying:________________________________________________
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Scattered: ______________________________________________
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Newly-patched: ___________________________________________
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Chapter 14
Vocabulary Comparison (10 marks)
Each of these words have two different definitions.
Definition 1: what these words mean to people who work on the real railway
Definition 2: what these words mean to people who are working on the underground
railway
Write the definition of these words explaining what they mean for people who work on the
real railway.
Freight-
Hardware-
Dry goods-
Tracks-
Railway stations-
Write the definition of these words explaining what they mean for people who work on the
underground railway.
Freight-
Hardware-
Dry goods-
Tracks-
Railway stations-
Chapter 14
Comprehension Questions (11 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. How did Julilly find out which town they were near? (1 mark)
3. How were the girls treated when they reached Jeb Brown’s place? (1 mark)
4. Why does Jeb say to his wife, “Ella, we got freight-two packages of dry goods”? (1 mark)
5. Re-tell Lester and Adam’s adventure in proper sequence. Begin with the day they were captured
(7 marks).
Chapter 15
Vocabulary (5 marks)
Fierce:_________________________________________________
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Desperate: ______________________________________________
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Determined: ____________________________________________
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Chapter 15
Comprehension Questions (6 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. What instructions did Ella Brown give to the girls when Pal heard people approaching? (1 mark)
2. Explain how the girls were transported from Jeb Brown’s house to the home of Levi Coffin. (2
marks)
3. What would happen to the Browns if they were caught helping the slaves? (2 marks)
Chapters 13-15 Review
Match the Person to the Action (5 marks)
Along their journey, Liza and Julilly met all of these people.
Match the person with what they did for the girls
Canada __________
Men runaway slaves __________
Women runaway slaves __________
Roads __________
Runaway slaves __________
Escaping slaves __________
People who directly transported slaves __________
Big Dipper and the North Star __________
Harriet Tubman __________
Homes or hiding places __________
The route of travel for an escaped slave __________
My Title Page
Fill out the next three boxes of your title page. Each box should have one idea or
character from chapters 13—15.
Chapter 16
Vocabulary (6 marks)
Locomotive:_____________________________________________
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Depot: ______________________________________________
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Chapter 16
Comprehension Questions (10 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Why did the tall man laugh as he told the driver to “put your locomotive in my stable and let it
blow off steam”? (1 mark)
2. How are the four other slaves, at the Coffin house, described? (4 marks)
3. What does Levi Coffin say about the teachings of the bible? (4 marks)
4. Describe how the girls are hidden when the sheriff appears at the Coffin’s house. (1 mark)
Chapter 17
Vocabulary (7 marks)
Schooner:_______________________________________________
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Injustice: _______________________________________________
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Condemned: _____________________________________________
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Lassies: ________________________________________________
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Destination: _____________________________________________
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Chapter 17
Comprehension Questions (13 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. How are Liza and Julilly put on the freight train? (2 marks)
4. Why doesn't Julilly ask Massa Ross about Mammy Sally? (1 mark)
5. What does Julilly say she would like to do with the “evil chains” (2 marks)
6. Describe, in detail, the plan for the next stage of their journey. (4 marks)
Chapter 18
Vocabulary (6 marks)
Pledge:________________________________________________
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Forbidding: ______________________________________________
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Flask: _________________________________________________
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Billowing sails:_____________________________________________
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Chapter 18
Comprehension Questions (11 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
1. Why did Julilly and Liza have to leave the cabin soon after arriving? (1 mark)
3. What is the pledge the girls make to each other while hiding? (1 mark)
4. Describe the girls actions and feelings upon reaching Canada. (4 marks)
Chapter 19
Vocabulary (7 marks)
Radiant:________________________________________________
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Cadence: _______________________________________________
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Sullen: _________________________________________________
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Burnished: ______________________________________________
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Swiftly: ________________________________________________
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Chapter 19
Comprehension Questions (7 marks)
Answer the following questions in full sentences.
2. What are some of the new experiences for the girls now that they are in a free country? (2
marks)
3. How are the Black people being treated in St. Catherines, according to Ezra Wilson? (2 marks)
4. How does Julilly describe the feeling that she has when she in reunited with Mammy Sally? (1
mark)
4. Did you kike the ending of this book? Why or why not? Is there anything you
would have done differently? (3 marks)
My Title Page
Fill out the next four boxes of your title page. Each box should have one idea or
character from chapters 16—19.