Make sure you've read the book before attempting to answer the questions. Print a copy of this assignment when you are finished.
Here's an excerpt to help with your review of the story.
Thimble Summer
Enright, Elizabeth
Newbery Award Winner
Readability: 6-7
Setting: On a farm
Main Character: Garnet Linden
"It's solid silver! " she shouted triumphantly, "And I think it must be magic too!"
Garnet Linden's friends were an assortrnent of country personalities. Many of her adventures
stemmed from the natural happenings of a farm summer. Rain quenched the drought. Money was needed to build the barn. A stranger came to work on the farm. They won blue ribbons at the fair.
Questions:
1. What is this story about?
2. What was the great-grandmother's wrong doing?
3. How did the girls happen to be locked up?
4. What was the prize won by Timmy at the fair?
5. Would you like to spend a summer on a farm as Garnet did? Why or why not.
