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

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

    • What might she mean by that? Explain.

  5. 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 cabinet” below for ideas.

  6. About how many slaves do the Lockton’s own?

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

    • Support your answer with examples of her behavior.

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

  9. BONUS: Write a question for this chapter.

    • Answer your own question.

• A curiosity cabinet. It is filled with “curiosities.”

• 2 more curiosity cabinets filled with “curiosities.”