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 ◼︎ Chapter 8 / Chapter VIII

1. How many days are recorded in Chapter 8?

   • Hint: Look at calendar below.

2. List at least four chores Isabel does in the Lockton household.

3. Watch the video below, 17th Century Jumbles.

   • What are almond jumbles?

4. What does Madam—Mrs. Lockton—spend her time doing?

5. Isabel says, “I had no map for this life.”

   • What might she mean by that? Explain.

   • Hint: Imagine you were suddenly sent to live in Toronto, Canada for the rest of your life.

     • You’d never been there before.

     • You didn’t know anyone.

     • Would you have a “map” for your new home?

     • How would you feel?

6. Isabel is concerned that Madam—Mrs. Lockton—is turning Ruth “into a curiosity.”

   • What is she afraid is happening to Ruth?

   • Hint: Look at the “curiosity cabinets” below for ideas.

     • What do you think a “curiosity” is?

7. About how many enslaved persons do the Lockton’s own?

   • Count carefully. While they don’t have any enslaved persons in Boston, they do have enslaved persons in New York and in Charleston, South Carolina.

   • Hint: A dozen eggs is 12 eggs.

8. Is Madam—Mrs. Lockton—kind or cruel?

   • Support your answer with examples of her behavior.

   • Hint: What happened to the enslaved girl before Isabel?

9. Why might Isabel be thinking about “the dangerous offer made by the boy in the floppy red hat”?

A+ BONUS: Imagine you are Isabel (or an enslaved boy).

• How would you feel about working for Mrs. Lockton (Madam)?

• Would you express your feelings?

• Why or why not?