◼︎ Chapter 16 / Chapter XVI

  1. Isabel believes she and Ruth must run away. Why?

  2. What is the list in Mr. Lockton’s desk?

    • How might this buy Isabel and Ruth’s freedom?

  3. What’s the title of Mr. Lockton’s list?

    • What’s a committee?

  4. Listen to the song “Yankee Doodle.” (Try to skip any ads.)

    • What do you make of it?

  5. Look at the picture below of Bowling Green.

    • What’s going on do you think? Why?

  6. Look at the picture of The Battery below.

    • Describe The Battery.

  7. Colonel Regan tells Isabel to tell him what she knows, but to speak quiety because “the walls have ears.”

    • What does “the walls have ears” mean?

    • (Take a look at the two posters about wall with ears below.)

  8. Isabel strikes a bargain with Colonel Regan.

    • What’s the bargain?

  9. Why does Colonel Regan want Isabel to put the list back in Lockton’s desk?

  10. What is the password for the camp and what does it mean (in English)?

A+ BONUS: Isabel wants Colonel Regan to her and Ruth get to Rhode Island.

  • Col. Regan doesn’t say yes.

  • What does he say instead?

  • What might that mean?