| A | B |
|---|
| Sounder | coon dog |
| How did the father get Sounder? | The dog was a stray that followed the father home. |
| Why did the boy stop going to school? | He had to walk the 8 miles each way, to far to walk in the cold winter |
| What did the family eat when they did not have solid food? | corn mush |
| what did the boy's mother do in the evening? | picked the kernels out of the walnuts |
| When the boy woke , the usual meal was pigs' feet and grits. True or False | False |
| What did the boy's mother always do when she was worried? | hummed |
| What happened to the boy's father? | arrested by the three white men |
| Why were the sheriff and his deputies able to get near the cabin? | Sounder was out in the field. |
| What did the deputy tell the boy to do with Sounder? | to take Sounder and hold him |
| What happened to Sounder as the wagon left? | Sounder ran after the wagon and was shot |
| Where did Sounder go after he was shot? | crawled under the porch |
| What was the boy's wish? | Sounder was alive |
| What were the mother's instructions before she went to town? | watch the fire, don't leave the children, warm up some mush for supper |
| Why was the boy afraid of the houses with curtains? | he was sure there were eyes hiding behind the curtains |
| Why did the boy go under the house? | searching for Sounder's body |
| Where did the oby's mother believe Sounder had gone? | in the woods |
| What did the boy's mother bring home to use in the cake? | vanilla flavoring |
| What did the mother do with the large cake? | put it in a box so the boy could take it to his father |
| What did the father tell the boy? | dont come any more to see me |
| What did the boy forget to ask his father? | where Sounder had first come to him on the road |
| How long was Sounder away? | 2 months |
| What was different about Sounder? | he would not bark |
| What happened when the boy's father went to court? | he was sentenced to hard labor |
| What Bible story did the boy like best? | David and Joseph |
| What did the boy find on his journey? | magazines and newspaper's so he could practice his reading |
| What did the boy find in the trash can? | book |
| Why did the boy go into the school yard? | wash his cut fingers |
| How did the boy feel when he was in the teacher's cabin? | impressed |
| What did the teacher want the boy to do? | He wanted the boy to liv ewith him and go to school |
| What did his mother think about the teacher's idea? | agreed |
| When the boy's father returned home what did Sounder do? | barked |
| How was the boy's father when he returned home? | crippled |
| What happened to the boy's father? | He died in the woods |
