Read the excerpt from "Demon's Run.”There were a lot of fights that day and a lot of claims stolen from their rightful owners. But Margaret rode Demon to the land office and filed the Wellcomb’s claim before she went back to sit next to the stake and wait for her family. The claim held.
Read the excerpt from “Land for Free.”Johann looked over the fine print and relayed, “It says that settlers can claim a160-acre parcel and that the land will become theirs free of charge if they farm it for five years.”Hearing this, Hans broke into a wide grin and said, “Five years is nothing! We are Bauers, and we’re never afraid of hard work.”Johann couldn’t help but agree, for his father was as strong as an ox and as stubborn as a mule. If Hans set his mind on a piece of Oklahoma territory, it was as good as theirs already.
Read the excerpt from "Land For Free.”The Bauer family was making their way west to find railroad work. They had stopped to rest their oxen when they saw a notice pinned to a station wall.Free Land!April 22, 1889 At high noon, a race will be held to settle two million acres of newly opened lands in Oklahoma territory.
Which excerpt from "The Sky Will Not Fall” best shows how the Civil War affected William?
Which question is addressed by a major theme in The Land?
Read this excerpt from The Land.My daddy took a moment before he answered. "Because you're growing up.""But that's got nothing to do with it.""Oh, but it does," said my daddy. "It's got everything to do with it. Robert needs an education, and so do you. But you can't be educated in the same way."
Read this excerpt from The Land, Part 2.Now, I don't know what possessed me in that moment to say the next thing I did. Maybe I was feeling guilty that because I was my daddy's son, I could ride Ghost Wind. Maybe it was that, but it wasn't out of fear I said what I said. I no longer was afraid of Mitchell.
Read the excerpt from The Land, Part 1."You'd better figure a way," she said matter-of-factly, then looked me in the eyes. "You want me to talk to him?"I didn't even need to think on that. "Naw, course not! You did, then they'd all be saying I had my sister fighting my battles!"Cassie shrugged. "Then you'd better figure something out quick."
Read the excerpt from The Land."I asked a question," said my daddy, and his voice was still low. "I expect an answer." He looked straight at Mitchell's daddy. "Willie?"Willie Thomas eyed his son, then cleared his throat. "W-well, now, Mister Edward," he began, not looking at my daddy but at Ghost Wind instead, "th-these here two boys jus' done brought this here stallion from them woods yonder, and they done brung him back all torn up like this. Seem like t' me Mitchell, he done rode this horse knowin' he ain't s'pose t', and I done told him that time and time again—"
Read the excerpt from The Land.At first I just walked the grey, letting him get used to me. Then I bridled and saddled him and finally I mounted. I let him get accustomed to my weight on his back as he walked around the pasture, then knowing our time was short, I put him through paces, first a trot followed by a gallop before slowing him down and taking him back to the cool of a shade tree. I gave him more apple wedges. I let him drink from a stream nearby before I brushed him again. All the while I never stopped talking to him.
Read the excerpt from The Land."I have to finish brushing down these horses first," I said.Ray Sutcliffe's face took on a look of exasperation. "What? You got a race to tend to, boy!""I'm sorry, Mister Sutcliffe, but I told Mister Logan I'd brush these horses down for him, and he taught me a long time ago to do what I say I'm going to do."
Read the excerpt from The Land."Robert's white and you're a boy of color. I can't educate you in the same school – you know that. I can't educate you in the same way either. I need to look out for what I think is best for each of you. Later, when you become of age and maybe want to do something different, that's up to you. Right now, though, we'll do things my way. Come the fall, Robert'll go to Savannah to school, and you'll go to Macon to study. That's just the way it's got to be. I figure that's what's best for both of you."
Read the excerpt from The Land."You know," I said quietly when we were to ourselves, "maybe this race isn't important to you, but it is to me, so I figure we best get to knowing each other quick. I'm Paul Logan, out of Georgia, and you need to know I've ridden a lot of fine horses, maybe some not as fine as you, maybe some better. Now, I know we don't know each other, but I understand from your rider, Eddie Hawks, you've got a real mind of your own. You like to win if you do it in your own way. Well, that's all right with me, long as you let me ride you and help you out a little bit. See, I figure to prove my daddy and Robert wrong. I figure to ride you, even though I don't know you, and Ole Grey, I figure to win."
Which is a minor theme in The Land?
Which excerpt from The Land, Part 1 best supports the claim that Paul’s father wants Paul to solve his conflict with Mitchell without someone else’s help?
Read the excerpt from The Land, Part 2.As far as I knew, Mitchell had never ridden more than a mule and had no idea how to ride a thoroughbred tornado like Ghost Wind. But instead of Mitchell following me, the next thing I knew, I heard a triumphant cry, turned, and saw Mitchell atop the stallion dashing across the meadow. For a moment all I could do was stand and stare. But then, as the stallion bucked, left the meadow, and headed for the woods, I suddenly found my legs and my voice, and I began running and screaming after Mitchell and the stallion. "Pull back the reins!" I hollered as I ran. "Mitchell, the reins! Pull back hard!"
Read the excerpt from “Land for Free.”“Tomorrow is a very important day for our family. As you know, the name Bauer is the German word for peasant. My father was a peasant, his father was a peasant, and so were all the fathers before that. We have never been land owners, and I think it’s time to change that fact, but, sadly, my injury prevents me from racing well. You, Johann, though still a boy, are the best man for the job.”
Which line from "Land for Free" best supports the claim that Johann wants to impress Hans?
Read the excerpt from "Demon's Run."In 1888, Joshua died from influenza, leaving Lily with three children to look after. The family was left with very little money, so when the Oklahoma Land Run was announced in March, Lily had a difficult decision to make. She thought about it for a long time, then she sat her children down at the kitchen table in their tiny house.
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