Keeping the Night Watch: Spring
Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer.
1. Who is Preacher?
<><><>Preacher is C.J.'s friend who tells/preaches about the good news of God
2. What does C.J. mean when he says that Maya’s “voice is like a fairy’s magic wand; she only has to speak and I’ll closely obey”? (p. 43)”
<><><>What C.J. means when he says that Maya's "voice is like a fairy's magic word; she only has to speak and I'll obey" (page 43) is that he is really in love with Maya and is magical.
3. Why does Momma tell C.J. that he has to get his permission slip signed by his father?
<><><>Momma tells C.J. that he has to get the permission slip signed by his father since his Momma wants C.J. to gets close to his dad and talk to him since she knows he doesn't like him and she is busy doing."But Momma said, "I'm busy.Get your daddy to sign I." (Page 47)
4. What causes C.J. to feel more comfortable around Maya on their rowing date?
<><><>C.J. feels more comfortable around Maya on their rowing date because she is sweating and talking a lot to show that she is nervous. "She is wearing a crown of persistence eight at her hairline." (page 55 Line27-28)
5. What poetic element can be found in the poem “(Nick) Tuck”?
<><><>The poetic element found in the poem in "Nick Tuck" is onomatopoeia since he repeats the same word over and over again."i smile as I begin the descent again, this is nick easy. Wait until Maya nick sees m, the nick new me. The razor tremble sin my hand nick. I wipe the perspiration from my brow. And so it goes nick for nick some nick time until the road I nick smooth." (page 58 Line 29-35)
6. Why did C.J. choose to get Maya a monogrammed lace handkerchief?
<><><>C.J. decided to get Maya a monogrammed lace handkerchief because his grandma told him to. " granmomma said every girl needed her very own lave handkerchief." (page 61 Line 6-7
7. What did Grandmomma mean when she said, “’There’s more than one way to skin a cat’”? (p. 65)
<><><>When Grandmomma said "There is always more than one way to skin a cat." (page 65) she Kent that there was more than one way to talk to a person
8. What event is C.J. referring to when he talks about the earthquake in “Blue Print”?
<><><>What C.J. is referring to when he talks about the earthquake in "Blueprint" is when his dad was leaving and how that hit the family
9. Why does Daddy step back when C.J. taps him on the shoulder?
<><><>Daddy steps back when C.J. taps him on the shoulder because he thought C.J. wants to dance with the mom not him.
1. Who is Preacher?
<><><>Preacher is C.J.'s friend who tells/preaches about the good news of God
2. What does C.J. mean when he says that Maya’s “voice is like a fairy’s magic wand; she only has to speak and I’ll closely obey”? (p. 43)”
<><><>What C.J. means when he says that Maya's "voice is like a fairy's magic word; she only has to speak and I'll obey" (page 43) is that he is really in love with Maya and is magical.
3. Why does Momma tell C.J. that he has to get his permission slip signed by his father?
<><><>Momma tells C.J. that he has to get the permission slip signed by his father since his Momma wants C.J. to gets close to his dad and talk to him since she knows he doesn't like him and she is busy doing."But Momma said, "I'm busy.Get your daddy to sign I." (Page 47)
4. What causes C.J. to feel more comfortable around Maya on their rowing date?
<><><>C.J. feels more comfortable around Maya on their rowing date because she is sweating and talking a lot to show that she is nervous. "She is wearing a crown of persistence eight at her hairline." (page 55 Line27-28)
5. What poetic element can be found in the poem “(Nick) Tuck”?
<><><>The poetic element found in the poem in "Nick Tuck" is onomatopoeia since he repeats the same word over and over again."i smile as I begin the descent again, this is nick easy. Wait until Maya nick sees m, the nick new me. The razor tremble sin my hand nick. I wipe the perspiration from my brow. And so it goes nick for nick some nick time until the road I nick smooth." (page 58 Line 29-35)
6. Why did C.J. choose to get Maya a monogrammed lace handkerchief?
<><><>C.J. decided to get Maya a monogrammed lace handkerchief because his grandma told him to. " granmomma said every girl needed her very own lave handkerchief." (page 61 Line 6-7
7. What did Grandmomma mean when she said, “’There’s more than one way to skin a cat’”? (p. 65)
<><><>When Grandmomma said "There is always more than one way to skin a cat." (page 65) she Kent that there was more than one way to talk to a person
8. What event is C.J. referring to when he talks about the earthquake in “Blue Print”?
<><><>What C.J. is referring to when he talks about the earthquake in "Blueprint" is when his dad was leaving and how that hit the family
9. Why does Daddy step back when C.J. taps him on the shoulder?
<><><>Daddy steps back when C.J. taps him on the shoulder because he thought C.J. wants to dance with the mom not him.