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Trouble River Chapter 1

An Uneasy Feeling

1.Dewey's Grandma seems quite old.How old do you think she is? 

Why do you think as you do?Please refer to the printed page and not the picture.

2.Circle one answer:

This story took place during summer, spring, winter, fall!

Why did you choose that particular season?

3.Grandma sounds nervous about being alone in the cabin with Dewey and the dog.Dewey says his father said it was safeand appears quite happy.What is Grandma so nervous about?

4.What did Grandma mean when she said, "you don't ever see Indian till it's too late”?

5. Describe Trouble River.Use words Grandma used to describe it.

6. Why was the river called Trouble River?

7.Describe Hunter City.Use some of the words hooey used on page 21.Then draw a picture of his description.Don't leave anything out of your picture.

8.Is Grandma beginning to scare Dewey into believing something might happen?

9.Have you ever had an uneasy feeling before?

Describe the feeling and when it occurred.

Trouble River Chapter II

The Indian

Describe Dewey’s raft...

If we could build a life size raft, how big would it be?

Use a yardstick and go outside with a partner.Report your findings on this paper in paragraph from.Explain what you did.

People used rafts to travel the Mississippi River.That was another method for traveling long ago.Why did they make these rafts so big?

What did Dewey call his raft?

They didn't have paint then.How did Dewey get the "paint" for the raft?

Dewey was on the raft when he heard the snort of the pony.Describe the Indian.

Draw a picture of the Indian...

Trouble River Chapter III

Escape By Midnight

What does Granma mean when she says "there ain't no such thing as one Indian."?

Why was Grandma so afraid?

Dewey said they could hide from the Indians, but Grandma did not agree.Why?

How did they escape?

Why did Dewey let the animals out?

What did Dewey get from the cabin so his Grandma could ride "like a lady on a steamboat>“?

What were the two things Grandma didn't want to happen to her after traveling one thousand miles?

Trouble River Chapter 4 On The Unknown

1.As Grandma and Dewey were traveling down the river, what did they hear?

2.What did Grandma think it was?

3.Did Dewey have trouble steering the raft?

4.What problems did he encounter?

5.What is dean man's creek?

6.Describe this area of the river.

7. Dewey fell asleep.Was Grandma aware of this?

8. What woke up Dewey?

Trouble River Chapter V Aground

1.The raft was stuck.How did Dewey solve the problem of getting it unstuck?

2.Grandma didn't want to get back into the water and get her shoes wet.Why not?

Trouble River Chapter 6 An Unexpected Stop

1.Why was Dewey's chest hurting?

2.Why did they decide to stop?

3.How far away is Hunter City from the cabin if you travel by wagon?

4.How long do you think it will take Dewey and Grandma to get to Hunter City by traveling on a raft?

5.What are renegade Indians?P 91

Chapter 6 Tragedy In the Ashes

1.Dewey and Grandma were hoping to reach the Dargan's cabin.What landmark was Dewey on the lookout for?

2.Why couldn't they see the Dargan's cabin from the river?

3.How long ago had the cabin burned?

4.What do you think happened to the Dargans?

5.Does Grandma know the cabin burned down?

6.Did Dewey tell Grandma what he saw?

7. What did Dewey hope?

Trouble River Chapter 7 Wolves

1.How long had they traveled?

2.Where did they stop to rest?

3.What did they talk about?

4.Dewey fell asleep again.What woke him up?

5.Why did they decide to leave once Dewey fired the rifle?

6.Grandma and Dewey didn't want to make any more stops until they got to Hunter City.Why do you think they didn't want to make any more stops?

7.Fill in the blank.Trouble River ran through the prairie

Trouble River Chapter 8 The Rapids

1.What are some of the things that can go wrong on the prairie according to Dewey?

2.Why do you think Grandma began to sing?

3.The raft was increasing speed.Why?

4.What did the rapids sound like?

5.What does tempestuous mean?

6.Why did the author choose this word to describe the water?

7.Did Grandma lose her rocking chair?

8.Did she lose her satchel?

Trouble River Chapter 9 The Last Stop

1.They finally made it to Hunter City.How long did it take?

2.Seems they made it to Hunter City just in time.What started to happen to the raft?

3.What do you think caused this to happen?

4.What happened to the Martins' cabin?

5.How many Indians were involved in the burning of cabins in the valley?

Trouble River chapter 10 Hunter City

1.A man mentioned the long trip and the number of miles onP. 150.How many miles did the travel?How many days?

2.Did Dewey's mom have a boy or girl?

3.This was a successful conclusion with a family reunion.How did everyone feel now that everyone was safe and alive?

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