The Matchlock Gun

Question 1

The matchlock gun was longer than who?

Answer 1

Edward

Question 2

How did Edward get the gun out of the house at the end of the story?

Answer 2

he dragged it out

Question 3

what did Gertrude go out to do for an excuse to look for the Indians

Answer 3

beans

Question 4

who thought that they could outran the Indians

Answer 4

Gertrude

Question 5

who couldn’t hold up the gun when Teunis gave it to them?

Answer 5

Edward

Question 6

what did Gertrude put in the gun to prepare it?

Answer 6

nails and small pebble

Question 7

Edward saw what looking through the cabin chink?

Answer 7

darkness

Question 8

who asked Edward who killed the Indians?

Answer 8

John

Question 9

Grandmother would be mad if she didn’t get what?

Answer 9

butter

Question 10

why did Gertrude start singing in the garden?

Answer 10

so Edward doesn’t feel abandoned or deserted

Question 11

what did the Indians hit Gertrude with?

Answer 11

a tomahawk

Question 12

Tennis said they would stop who?

Answer 12

the Indians

Question 13

who and where did the gun come from according to Gertrude?

Answer 13

Grandfather and Holland

Question 14

what did Gertrude use to make a doll for Trudy?

Answer 14

handkerchief

Question 15

where was Edward lying after shooting the gun?

Answer 15

the kitchen floor

Question 16

what was the weather like when Teunis left?

Answer 16

windy and rainy

Question 17

why did John stop at their house?

Answer 17

to get food and deliver a letter

Question 18

they saw what at the north of the top of the null?

Answer 18

smoke

Question 19

what rhyme did Gertrude sing when putting Trudy and Edward to bed?

Answer 19

Pigs and beans (or bears)

Question 20

what could they see when the candle burnt out?

Answer 20

fire

Question 21

why did Gertrude go out?

Answer 21

to see the Indians

Question 22

who is the author of The Matchlock Gun?

Answer 22

Walter D. Edmonds

Question 23

where did the children sit while waiting for their father?

Answer 23

between the Indians and their mom

Question 24

Gertrude made herself count to what before running?

Answer 24

5

Question 25

Edward and Trudy saw what hanging from the loft?

Answer 25

ham

Question 26

Teunis said go to where if Gertrude became lonely?

Answer 26

the Brick House

Question 27

why did Gertrude refuse to go to the Brick House?

Answer 27

the widow was rude to her and it wasn’t safe

Question 28

when did Gertrude say to light the gun?

Answer 28

when she said Edward’s name

Question 29

what else did Trudy get when she went inside to grab the blanket?

Answer 29

her doll

Question 30

why didn’t Gertrude want to stay inside?

Answer 30

if she was inside she wouldn’t be able to the see the Indians