Sounder: Good Title
A. VOCABULARY:
GROWL: a low sound made in anger. Low guttural, menacing sound, as of a dog.
FRET: to get angry
QUARRY: a large hole in the house
CLUNG: to hold something tight
KETTLE: a large metal pot for boiling
TROUBLESOME: get some trouble, worry, tired
TWISTED: to turn. To bend around each other
PEDDLING: to sell small items from door to door or o the street
SPRAWL: also sprawl out to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out.
SADDLED: a salt made of leather that is put on a horse’s back B. STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER I 1. How did the boy get the dog Sounder? Sounder came to him, him didn’t have the dog. 2. Why did the boy give up going to school? Because the way is too long and too cold. 3. Why was the name Sounder a good name for the dog? Because his voice would roll across the flatlands. 4. How did Sounder get his prey (possum or coon)? Because it shaken form the tree. 5. How do you know this family of five is poor? Because they were no food and no pay. 6. Why was the winter worse than last year? Because the wind came stronger and colder. 7. What fruit did the family harvest after the first hard frost? It is walnut. 8. Why wouldn’t the mother only let the boy eat the crumbs? Because the payer wouldn’t pay if the walnuts are all in the chumps. If she picks two pounds a night, how much money will she get in a week? She would get 210 cents a week. 9. Why did the boy dream of the might flood? Because his mother told him a story. 10. What was cooking on the stove when the boy woke up? The big blue enameled possum kettle was cooking on the stove. 11. How do you know that the mother is happy while she is cooking? Because she is humming 12. Why did the mother tell the boy to stop calling Sounder? Because his voice would wake up his father. 13. Where did the father get the ham? He took the ham in a shooting match and raise it toe hog. 14. Why did the boy say that Sounder would eat
GROWL: a low sound made in anger. Low guttural, menacing sound, as of a dog.
FRET: to get angry
QUARRY: a large hole in the house
CLUNG: to hold something tight
KETTLE: a large metal pot for boiling
TROUBLESOME: get some trouble, worry, tired
TWISTED: to turn. To bend around each other
PEDDLING: to sell small items from door to door or o the street
SPRAWL: also sprawl out to lie or sit with your arms or legs stretched out.
SADDLED: a salt made of leather that is put on a horse’s back B. STUDY GUIDE
CHAPTER I 1. How did the boy get the dog Sounder? Sounder came to him, him didn’t have the dog. 2. Why did the boy give up going to school? Because the way is too long and too cold. 3. Why was the name Sounder a good name for the dog? Because his voice would roll across the flatlands. 4. How did Sounder get his prey (possum or coon)? Because it shaken form the tree. 5. How do you know this family of five is poor? Because they were no food and no pay. 6. Why was the winter worse than last year? Because the wind came stronger and colder. 7. What fruit did the family harvest after the first hard frost? It is walnut. 8. Why wouldn’t the mother only let the boy eat the crumbs? Because the payer wouldn’t pay if the walnuts are all in the chumps. If she picks two pounds a night, how much money will she get in a week? She would get 210 cents a week. 9. Why did the boy dream of the might flood? Because his mother told him a story. 10. What was cooking on the stove when the boy woke up? The big blue enameled possum kettle was cooking on the stove. 11. How do you know that the mother is happy while she is cooking? Because she is humming 12. Why did the mother tell the boy to stop calling Sounder? Because his voice would wake up his father. 13. Where did the father get the ham? He took the ham in a shooting match and raise it toe hog. 14. Why did the boy say that Sounder would eat