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Across Five Aprils
Before writing an essay on How the Civil War Divided Families, answer
these Study Questions.
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2. Setting___________________________________________________________
3. Time_____________________________________________________________
4. What does the title mean?_____________________________________________
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5. The Civil War divided families and was called
the war of "brother against brother." How does story of the
Creighton family illustrate this?
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6. The characters speak in dialect. Give three
examples of dialect from the story.
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7. Name and identify 3 famous people who appear
in the story.
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8. Name the Creighton family members who go off
to war.
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9.Which side does each join?
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10.How is Shadrach Yale different from the Creighton
family?
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11, The Civil War brought the war home to the civilian
population. Describe what happened to the Creighton family.
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12, Name 2 battles in which the Creighton boys
fought.
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13. In the end, what happened to each family member?
Describe their war experiences.
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14. Define and use in a sentence:
Humble_________________________________________________________________
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Tether__________________________________________________________________
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Comforter_______________________________________________________________
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Deserter_________________________________________________________________
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Dooryard________________________________________________________________
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15. Identify:
.Jethro__________________________________________________________________
Shadrach________________________________________________________________
Jenny___________________________________________________________________
John____________________________________________________________________
Bill_____________________________________________________________________
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