DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE
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DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE PAGE 1 1) Describe Mattie and Will and their relationship. 2) Who is Emma and what does she do? 3) What is the Master’s name, where is the plantation located? 4) How do Mattie, Will, and Emma feel about their Master at the beginning of the book? 5) What is happening at the beginning of the book? What are the characters talking about? 6) Who are Miss Sarah and Miss Frances? 7) Describe Miss Sarah and Miss Frances? 8) Describe the relationship between Miss Sarah, Miss Frances, and Emma. 9) When their father takes them to the auction, how does each child feel about this. Describe each girl’s feelings. 10) Who is Weems and what does he do for a living? CTC – Units for Books – Day of Tears unit DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE Chapter 2 pages 20-30 1. How does Mattie explain that she and the Master are like brother and sister? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does the slave seller think this particular auction of the Butler slaves will improve his reputation?_____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does the slave seller compare selling slaves to? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. How does Sarah describe her mother? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. How does Frances feel about her sister, Sarah? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. How does Frances feel about the selling of Ovid and why does she feel this way? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE INTERLUDE II & CHAPTER 3 CTC – Units for Books – Day of Tears unit 1. How does the slave seller describe the 1st day of the auction? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the slave seller say happens to the economy and how it effected him? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happens to him physically after the auction and during the Civil War? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe how Emma feels about Sarah. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe how Emma feels about Frances. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE INTERLUDE III & CHAPTER 4 PAGES 37-47 1. What happens to Pierce Butler after they move to Philadelphia? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who are George & Rebecca and what happened to them? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did George & Rebecca survive while they were hiding? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why is the Master angry with his daughter Sarah? (Pg 43) ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. How does the Master describe how Sarah feels about him and why she feels that way? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE INTERLUDE IV & CHAPTER 5 PAGES 45-52 1. Describe how the Master feels about having to sell his slaves. What does he say about it? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CTC – Units for Books – Day of Tears unit 2. Why does he say slavery is the best thing that happened to Black People? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe what Emma sees at the auction. What does she feel like while watching the auction? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe how Sarah feels at the auction, what she sees or smells? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. How do the slave buyers treat the slaves that are up for sale? Give example. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE INTERLUDE V PAGES 75-79 1. Why do you think that Master Ellington said Jeffrey loved Dorcas so much he would’ve thought he was a white man? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. On page 79, Jeffrey says he had been walking the roads like so many others who were given their freedom, but don’t know how to practice it. What do you think he means by this and why would these slaves feel like this? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. If you were Jeffrey, what would you do in his situation after finding Dorcas was married with three children? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. If you were Dorcas and felt deeply in love with Jeffrey (even after all those years), but were now married with three children, what would you do? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. If a person becomes so desperate, depressed, or lost in their life, what do you think are the choices they have to get help for themselves, what should they do? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE CHAPTER 6 pages 80-95 1. How do you think Frances feels when her father sells Emma (remember she is only 8 yrs old)? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CTC – Units for Books – Day of Tears unit ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Where and what state is Mistress Henfield taking Emma to and what will Emma be doing at this new place? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. How do Emma and her Papa say goodbye to each other? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What does Sarah do when she finds out that Emma has been sold? Give description. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 5. What message does Emma tell her Papa to give to her Mama? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ DAY OF TEARS READING GUIDE INTERLUDE IV 1. What does Sampson tell Joe about how the slaves are treated at Mistress Henfield’s place? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does Sampson feel about the way they are treated by Mistress Henfield? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Tell how Sampson explains his thoughts about why it is better to be a slave than be free? Why do you think he feels this way? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is Joe’s reaction to all of this? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ CTC – Units for Books – Day of Tears unit
