Read the excerpt from "Demon's Run.”"That’s as may be,” said Mr. Connolly. "But you’re a girl, and there’s no getting around that. A girl is not going to be safe out there.”"We’ll be coming along behind her,” said Lily. "She won’t be on her own for long.”"Well, I wouldn’t let any girl of mine do it,” said Mrs. Connolly."We do what we have to do,” said Lily firmly. But later, when the family was alone, she took out her sewing scissors and cut Margaret’s long hair.
Read the excerpt from "The Sky Will Not Fall." William tried to interrupt, but Caroline continued. "Here’s something else I learned. I like it! I like the smell of the dirt when the plow first pulls through it and folds it over. I enjoy seeing the sprouts come up from the seeds I’ve planted. I especially like the feeling of satisfaction it all brings."
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."
Read the excerpt from "Land for Free.”Finally, Hans turned and limped back to the waiting Bauers with a smile as wide as the prairie. He held his claim paper in the air and grinned at his son. "Now, we are home!” he said.
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?
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 "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 "Demon's Run." "So you’ll be riding," said Mr. Connolly to Benjamin as they sat by the campfire in the evening. "You’ll be the one who will race for a claim and then wait for the others." "No, sir," said Benjamin. "That’ll be Margaret." "Margaret?" asked Mrs. Connolly, astounded. "She’s the better rider," said Lily calmly. "But she can’t go riding out there with all those rough men," said Mr. Connolly.
Read the excerpt from "The Sky Will Not Fall.”"Then let’s hire a man to do the work outside,” William responded. "This is not the life I had planned for you!” He grabbed Caroline’s hands and turned them over to expose her roughened palms. "Look at this!” he said, his voice growing more emotional. "These aren’t the hands my wife, or Callie, should have. You should not be doing my work!”
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."
What evidence from The Land, Part 2 best supports the claim that Paul is concerned for Mitchell’s well-being?
Read the excerpt from The Land.Willie Thomas now looked at my daddy. "Muscle all torn up on this leg here," he said, moving toward the stallion’s right foreleg. "Don’t know if it’ll heal or not. Now, I can tend t’ it, but I can’t go lyin’ and sayin’ it’ll heal like it’s s’pose t’.""What else?" demanded my daddy, glancing at the scratches.Willie Thomas followed his look. "Well, them there, they’ll heal all right. It’s jus’ that leg I ain’t so sure of." He turned to my daddy. "It’s my boy Mitchell done this, Mister Edward, and I know there ain’t no way t’ make it up t’ ya if this here horse don’t heal right, but I jus’ ’bout t’ put a strap t’ Mitchell my own self ’bout what he done."
Read the excerpt from The Land."We just want to talk to him, Edna," Hammond assured her. Still, though, as we rode away, I saw Miz Thomas frown, and young as I was, I knew she was worried. She was worried because my brothers had come. My brothers had come asking about Mitchell, and my brothers were white.
Which excerpt from The Land, Part 4 best supports the claim that Paul wants to be an independent person?
Read this excerpt from The Land, Part 4.I glanced over at the other rider. The fellow was older than I, and had the weight of a man on him. He glanced over at me and he grinned, but it wasn't a friendly grin; I knew he was mocking me. "Pay him no mind," said Mitchell. "He's all teeth, nothin' else."
Which of the following details the pronunciation of the word “cataract”?
Which line from "Land for Free" best supports the claim that Johann wants to impress Hans?
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.”
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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