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Mission
vircurio
Ensure the shipMake sure the temperature does not rise!
1/4
Use “When Did You Boys Last Eat?” to answer this question and the next one. Which sentence from the passage best shows how strangers’ kindness helped the boys survive?
“By 1932, Bledsoe had been riding the rails for two years picking cotton and doing menial work.”
“We asked if we could have a bucket of water.”
“He told his wife to bring us food.
2/4
Which sentence best supports the idea that generosity provided comfort even when resources were scarce?
“She set out a gallon crock that was half full of milk, a pone of cornbread and a bucket of sorghum molasses.”
“We were hungry beyond being picky and we lit on the food.”
“It had a well in the backyard with a rope and a pulley.”
3/4
Use the section "Pride in Your pocket to answer this question and the next one. Which evidence from the section best illustrates that strangers often helped one another during the Depression?
“When it started to get dark, it was time to worry about a place to sleep.”
“Dirty and hungry and far from family and friends, numerous acts of kindness buoyed the young migrants.”
“After breakfast I worried about where to go.”
4/4
What detail best supports the theme that compassion can come from unexpected places?
. “A brakeman tossed Aldridge a quarter. ‘Go get yourself a meal, kid,’ the man said.”
“‘Put your pride in your pocket, your hat in your hand and tell them like it is,’ his mentor advised.”
“He met an old tramp and asked him how to get by without money.”
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Mission
Dierte
Go outside. After the warm-up, the shipneeds a repair.
1/4
Use the poem "But If Only She Didn't Har Me Gripe" to answer the next two questions. Which line best shows how music helped Billie Jo and her friends forget their troubles?
“When I’m with Arley’s boys we forget the dust.”
“Ma’s putting my earnings away I don’t know where.”
“The money doesn’t matter much to me.”
2/4
Which sentence from the poem best supports the idea that companionship lifted people’s spirits?
“It’s being part of all that, being part of Arley’s crowd I like so much.”
“Arley says my piano playing is good.”
“We are flying down the road in Arley’s car, singing.”
3/4
Use the poem "Hope in a Drizzle" to answer the next two questions. Which line best shows how nature provided hope during the drought?
“She aches for rain, at breakfast, at dinner, all day, all night.”
“She has nothing to say to anyone anymore.”
“Quarter inch of rain is nothing to complain about.”
4/4
Which sentence best supports the theme that small changes can renew people’s hope?
“She stood out in the drizzle hidden from the road.”
“That quarter inch of rain did wonders for Ma, too.”
“My dazzling ma, round and ripe and striped like a melon.”
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Dierte
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Mission
Jupiter
Dodge the asteroids by finding the correct answer.
“The boy walked two steps behind, in Daddy’s dust.”
“He wasn’t more than sixteen.”
“He offered to work for his meal.”
“Some day I’m going to walk there too, through New Mexico and Arizona and Nevada.
1/4
Use the poem "Wild Boy of the Road" to answer this question. Which line best supports the idea that hope for the future sustained Billie Jo?
“There would be wood to chop, cans to pick bugs and insects in his garden.
“When grandpap saw the hobos coming to our house, he alerted mother who would start making egg sandwiches and packing bags with carrots, tomatoes, apples and peaches.”
“Two-engined freight trains stopped at a water tank behind the house before starting the 30-mile haul to Burgettstown.”
“‘Red, you go get carrots.’ — ‘You, skinny, go find spuds.’”
“Every week, she baked 21 loaves of bread.”
2/4
Use “Good Place for a Handout” / “In the Hobo Jungle” to answer this question. Which detail best supports the idea that families maintained compassion despite the Depression’s hardships?
“He fell between two box cars when the train lurched.”
“He hitchhiked and rode freight trains from Bedford, Indiana south to Texas and Arizona.”
“An angel in the form of an 80-year-old woman touched my hand in downtown Chicago.
“Only because they were moving slowly could he grab a steel bar and pull himself back up.”
“Paul Booker was 16 when he decided to go on the road in June 1931.”
3/4
Use "The Buzz Saw of Life" to answer this question. Which sentence from this section best reveals how faith and generosity helped sustain people during hard times?
“While the dust blew down our road, against our house, across our fields.”
“Up in Canada a lady named Elzire Dionne gave birth to five baby girls all at once.”
“Ma lowered herself into a chair.”
“Tears dropping on her tight stretched belly, she wept just to think of it.
“‘Can you imagine five?’ I said.”
4/4
Use the poem "Dionne Quintuplets" to answer this question. Which line best shows how Ma felt renewed by the news from Canada?
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Alnus
Prevent the gases in the atmosphere of Alnus from clouding your decision-making.
1/4
Both texts show that rain makes people feel hopeless about their future.
In the article, nature is a challenge people must survive, while in the poem, nature provides comfort and renewal
Read the section “Good Place for a Handout” and the poem “Hope in a Drizzle.”
How are the effects of nature described differently in these two texts?
2/4
In both texts, people dream of better conditions and believe life can improve.
In both texts, people reject help because they want to survive on their own
Read the section “In the Hobo Jungle” and the poem “Wild Boy of the Road.”
How are the hopes of people in both texts SIMILAR?
3/4
In the article, a woman presses a dollar bill into Booker’s hand and says, “God bless you, son,” showing kindness and faith in humanity. In the poem, Ma “wept just to think of it” after hearing about five babies born in Canada, showing how new life brought her hope.
In the article, the hobos are described as “flat out of work and trying to get by,” which shows that faith was not important to survival.
In the poem, Billie Jo’s mother refuses to talk about the news, showing that faith has disappeared.
Read the section “The Buzz Saw of Life” and the poem “Dionne Quintuplets.”
How do both texts express faith or emotional connection during hardship?
4/4
Both texts argue that hardships always divide communities rather than unite them. Both texts teach that hope and resilience are only possible during times of wealth and success.
Both texts show that even in difficult times, compassion and generosity can bring people together. Both texts suggest that when people lose everything, they can still find purpose in helping others.
Which ideas from both texts can help readers make a connection to their own lives or to society today?
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SPACE ESCAPE
Start adventure
Collect the Badges from each planet and conquer the galaxy.
Mission
vircurio
Ensure the shipMake sure the temperature does not rise!
1/4
Use “When Did You Boys Last Eat?” to answer this question and the next one. Which sentence from the passage best shows how strangers’ kindness helped the boys survive?
“By 1932, Bledsoe had been riding the rails for two years picking cotton and doing menial work.”
“We asked if we could have a bucket of water.”
“He told his wife to bring us food.
2/4
Which sentence best supports the idea that generosity provided comfort even when resources were scarce?
“She set out a gallon crock that was half full of milk, a pone of cornbread and a bucket of sorghum molasses.”
“We were hungry beyond being picky and we lit on the food.”
“It had a well in the backyard with a rope and a pulley.”
3/4
Use the section "Pride in Your pocket to answer this question and the next one. Which evidence from the section best illustrates that strangers often helped one another during the Depression?
“When it started to get dark, it was time to worry about a place to sleep.”
“Dirty and hungry and far from family and friends, numerous acts of kindness buoyed the young migrants.”
“After breakfast I worried about where to go.”
4/4
What detail best supports the theme that compassion can come from unexpected places?
. “A brakeman tossed Aldridge a quarter. ‘Go get yourself a meal, kid,’ the man said.”
“‘Put your pride in your pocket, your hat in your hand and tell them like it is,’ his mentor advised.”
“He met an old tramp and asked him how to get by without money.”
Oh, NO!
Click the word below for a tip!
vircurio
Collect the Badges from each planet and conquer the galaxy.
Mission
Dierte
Go outside. After the warm-up, the shipneeds a repair.
1/4
Use the poem "But If Only She Didn't Har Me Gripe" to answer the next two questions. Which line best shows how music helped Billie Jo and her friends forget their troubles?
“When I’m with Arley’s boys we forget the dust.”
“Ma’s putting my earnings away I don’t know where.”
“The money doesn’t matter much to me.”
2/4
Which sentence from the poem best supports the idea that companionship lifted people’s spirits?
“It’s being part of all that, being part of Arley’s crowd I like so much.”
“Arley says my piano playing is good.”
“We are flying down the road in Arley’s car, singing.”
3/4
Use the poem "Hope in a Drizzle" to answer the next two questions. Which line best shows how nature provided hope during the drought?
“She aches for rain, at breakfast, at dinner, all day, all night.”
“She has nothing to say to anyone anymore.”
“Quarter inch of rain is nothing to complain about.”
4/4
Which sentence best supports the theme that small changes can renew people’s hope?
“She stood out in the drizzle hidden from the road.”
“That quarter inch of rain did wonders for Ma, too.”
“My dazzling ma, round and ripe and striped like a melon.”
OH, NO!
Hover your mouse here to see a new tip!
Dierte
Collect the Badges from each planet and conquer the galaxy.
Mission
Jupiter
Dodge the asteroids by finding the correct answer.
“The boy walked two steps behind, in Daddy’s dust.”
“He wasn’t more than sixteen.”
“He offered to work for his meal.”
“Some day I’m going to walk there too, through New Mexico and Arizona and Nevada.
1/4
Use the poem "Wild Boy of the Road" to answer this question. Which line best supports the idea that hope for the future sustained Billie Jo?
“There would be wood to chop, cans to pick bugs and insects in his garden.
“When grandpap saw the hobos coming to our house, he alerted mother who would start making egg sandwiches and packing bags with carrots, tomatoes, apples and peaches.”
“Two-engined freight trains stopped at a water tank behind the house before starting the 30-mile haul to Burgettstown.”
“‘Red, you go get carrots.’ — ‘You, skinny, go find spuds.’”
“Every week, she baked 21 loaves of bread.”
2/4
Use “Good Place for a Handout” / “In the Hobo Jungle” to answer this question. Which detail best supports the idea that families maintained compassion despite the Depression’s hardships?
“He fell between two box cars when the train lurched.”
“He hitchhiked and rode freight trains from Bedford, Indiana south to Texas and Arizona.”
“An angel in the form of an 80-year-old woman touched my hand in downtown Chicago.
“Only because they were moving slowly could he grab a steel bar and pull himself back up.”
“Paul Booker was 16 when he decided to go on the road in June 1931.”
3/4
Use "The Buzz Saw of Life" to answer this question. Which sentence from this section best reveals how faith and generosity helped sustain people during hard times?
“While the dust blew down our road, against our house, across our fields.”
“Up in Canada a lady named Elzire Dionne gave birth to five baby girls all at once.”
“Ma lowered herself into a chair.”
“Tears dropping on her tight stretched belly, she wept just to think of it.
“‘Can you imagine five?’ I said.”
4/4
Use the poem "Dionne Quintuplets" to answer this question. Which line best shows how Ma felt renewed by the news from Canada?
Oh, NO!
badge
Jupiter
Collect the Badges from each planet and conquer the galaxy.
Mission
Alnus
Prevent the gases in the atmosphere of Alnus from clouding your decision-making.
1/4
Both texts show that rain makes people feel hopeless about their future.
In the article, nature is a challenge people must survive, while in the poem, nature provides comfort and renewal
Read the section “Good Place for a Handout” and the poem “Hope in a Drizzle.” How are the effects of nature described differently in these two texts?
2/4
In both texts, people dream of better conditions and believe life can improve.
In both texts, people reject help because they want to survive on their own
Read the section “In the Hobo Jungle” and the poem “Wild Boy of the Road.” How are the hopes of people in both texts SIMILAR?
3/4
In the article, a woman presses a dollar bill into Booker’s hand and says, “God bless you, son,” showing kindness and faith in humanity. In the poem, Ma “wept just to think of it” after hearing about five babies born in Canada, showing how new life brought her hope.
In the article, the hobos are described as “flat out of work and trying to get by,” which shows that faith was not important to survival. In the poem, Billie Jo’s mother refuses to talk about the news, showing that faith has disappeared.
Read the section “The Buzz Saw of Life” and the poem “Dionne Quintuplets.” How do both texts express faith or emotional connection during hardship?
4/4
Both texts argue that hardships always divide communities rather than unite them. Both texts teach that hope and resilience are only possible during times of wealth and success.
Both texts show that even in difficult times, compassion and generosity can bring people together. Both texts suggest that when people lose everything, they can still find purpose in helping others.
Which ideas from both texts can help readers make a connection to their own lives or to society today?
Oh, NO!
badge
AlNUS
Remember the numbering!
Collect the Badges from each planet and conquer the galaxy.
05:00
Enter the code of theearned badges.
Code
Hey!
Are you going to leave this mission incomplete?
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