Comprehension Questions for the Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Comprehension Questions for the Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 1 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for Chapter 1: Night in the Forest

  1. Where does the story begin? What is the setting?

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  1. With whom is Sarah traveling?

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  1. Where are Sarah and her father traveling?

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  1. Why can Sarah not get to sleep?

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  1. Why did Sarah go with her father?

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  1. What did Sarah’s mother tell her before she left?

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  1. Why did her mother say it to her?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 2 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 2: Night in the Settlement

  1. With whom did Sarah and her father stay?

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  1. Do you think the family could have been more welcoming? How?

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  1. How did Mrs. Robinson feel about Sarah traveling with her father?

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  1. Why did Sarah become scared?

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  1. Why do you think Sarah wanted her cloak back when she was going to sleep?

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  1. Do you think the Native Americans will be friendly to Sarah and her father? Why?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 3 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 3: Down the Long Hill

  1. Where do Sarah and her father plan to live while they build a house?

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  1. How will Thomas help build the house?

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  1. Why do you think Sarah asks her father not to shoot the deer?

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  1. What does Sarah think when she first sees the valley where their house will be built

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  1. How does Sarah’s father view the Native Americans?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 4 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 4: Night in the Cave

  1. Where did Sarah and her father sleep for the night?

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  1. What did they eat?

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  1. When Sarah hears the noises at night, was she afraid or is she helping her father not be afraid? Why do you think so?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 5 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 5: Indians

  1. What did John Noble do to make the cave comfortable and safe?

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  1. Why do you think Sarah did not want her father to leave to go build the house?

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  1. Why did Sarah hold back her tears until her father had left?

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  1. What possessions would you want to have with you in the cave if you were Sarah?

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  1. What happened while Sarah was sitting and reading to herself?

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  1. How do you think Sarah felt?

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  1. What book did Sarah read to the children?

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  1. What happened when Sarah was talking to the children?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 6 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 6: Friends

  1. How did Sarah try to teach the Native American children English? Was she successful?

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  1. What did the Native American children do for Sarah?

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  1. What did Sarah and her father get when the traded with the Native Americans?

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  1. Who will help Sarah’s father with the house?

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  1. When Sarah asked to go to with the Native American children to their houses, why did her father put his head down? What was he feeling and why?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 7 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 7: Keep up your courage…

  1. What time of the year was the house finished?

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  1. Why is her father leaving?

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  1. How does Sarah feel about her father leaving?

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  1. Where was she to stay while her father was gone?

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  1. Do you think there will be an attack from the northern Native American tribes? Why or why not?

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  1. If you were Sarah how would you feel staying back?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 8 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 8: In the Indian House

  1. Does Sarah like Tall John’s wife’s cooking? How do you know?

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  1. What are the differences between the way Tall John’s family eats and Sarah’s family?

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  1. What does Sarah do before she goes to bed?

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  1. For whom does Sarah pray?

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  1. Tell about a time when you have stayed away from your family. How did you feel? How was it different?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 9 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 9: Night of Fear

  1. What did Sarah help the Native Americans do?

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  1. What did the Native American women make for Sarah?

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  1. Why did Sarah become afraid?

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  1. Did the Native Americans from the north attack?

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  1. What did Sarah hear in the night?

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  1. Who was standing over Sarah when she was playing with the children?

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  1. What did Sarah do before she left with her father and Tall John?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 10 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 10: Sarah Goes Home

  1. Who brings Sarah home? And how?

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  1. How is Sarah feeling? How do you know?

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  1. What did Sarah’s family do that day?

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  1. How do you think Sarah might have felt if her mother hadn’t brought her doll, Arabella?

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Comprehension Questions for The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

Please read chapter 11 and answer the following questions using a complete sentence in your best handwriting.

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Questions for chapter 11: Night in the Log House

  1. Why was Sarah’s mother upset that John had left Sarah with the Native Americans?

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  1. Why do you think Mrs. Noble doesn’t believe the Tall John’s wife could be as good of a
    housekeeper or mother as she is?

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  1. Why did Sarah hang her cloak on the peg?

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  1. Why is it important that Sarah’s courage always be with her?

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  1. What do you think will happen next with Sarah and her family?

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Vocabulary Chapter 1

Cloak

Courage

Musket

Fussing

Vocabulary- Chapter 2

Settlement

Latch

Heathen

Savages

Timidly

Vocabulary- Chapter 3

Harness

Hut

Solemn

Coarse

Misty

Wearily

Vocabulary- Chapter 4

Coast

Johnnycake

Porridge

Wove

Plots

Woodchuck

Vocabulary-Chapter 5

Steadily

Namesake

Rustling

Clink

Palisade

Petticoats

Impatience

Vocabulary- Chapter 6

Serious

Mortar

Pestle

Saddle bags

Vocabulary- Chapter 7

Scarlet

Squaw

Mush

Strides

Mounting

Vocabulary- Chapter 8

Cornsilk

Choked

Great Spirit

Wasting

Vocabulary- Chapter 9

Moccasins

Disturbance

Scarcely

Crinkled

Tiresome

Dew

Vocabulary-Chapter 10

Quivers

Unsteady

Knelt

Outlandish

Vocabulary- Chapter 11

Cozy

Wigwams

Housekeeper

Height

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