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Reading Check: Questions 1-5

Directions: Read the drama by Jeannette Covert Nolan and diary entry by Clara Barton beginning on page 856 of the Literature Book. Then answer the questions in complete sentences. *Remember: Restate the question in the answer to receive full credit.

1. What does Clara Barton bring with her when she arrives at the battlefield?

2. Why does Captain Neal want Clara to leave?

3. Why has Almira Fales come to the battlefield?

4. When does Captain Neal change his mind about Clara?

5. How does Clara Barton react to conditions in Fredericksburg?

Compare and Contrast: Questions 6-8  Fill in the blanks and circle one of the words in the parentheses to complete the following sentences.

6. A struggle Clara faces in the drama is

7. A struggle that Clara faces in the diary entry is

8. These struggles are (similar, different) because

9. Analyze History-Related Writings: Questions 9-10 Circle the statements that are true about women in the mid-1800s and complete the sentence.

a. women could study to be doctors d. women were supposed to raise children

b. women couldn’t join the military e. women had many choices of career

c. few women worked outside the home f. many women worked in government

10. I think women in the mid-1800s

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