◼︎ Chapter 3 / Chapter III

  1. Why couldn’t Isabel and Ruth take their mother’s shells, Ruth’s baby doll or the wooden bowl Isabel’s father had made for her?

  2. What did Isabel take with her?

  3. What do you think a tavern is?

    • Hint: Take a look at the illustrations below.

  4. What is Isabel and Ruth’s mother’s name?

  5. We hear about the King’s army and that “Washington and his rabble may have taken Boston.”

    • What do you make of that?

  6. Jenny (who fed Isabel and Ruth) was indentured as a child. Anne says, “Indentured servants complain all the time and steal us blind.”

    • If an indentured servant is not a slave, what might s/he be?

  7. Anne says, “Insolence will not be tolerated.”

    • What is “insolence”?

    • Look it up if you need to!

  8. Jenny wanted to buy Isabel and Ruth.

    • What couldn’t she?

  9. BONUS: Write a question for this chapter.

    • Answer your own question.

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