Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Match each word in the box to its best definition
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Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Match each word in the box ...
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Match each word in the box to its best definition. convict terrace
felon asylum
morgue replicate
bootleggers obsession
warden diligent
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a person found guilty of a serious or federal crime
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a person in prison serving time for a crime
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duplicate, repeat
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careful, hard-working, very attentive
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where dead bodies are stored
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people who made or transported alcohol during Prohibition
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a person in charge of running a prison
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an unusually strong fixation or interest
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flat levels cut into the earth like huge stair steps
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10. a place where people with mental illness are isolated from the rest of the world
Fill in the blank in each sentence with the best word from the box above. 1. Al Capone was an infamous _____________________ and gangster in America who made and sold alcohol after the 18th amendment banned alcohol. 2. All of the convicts on Alcatraz were ___________________ because they had committed very serious crimes. 3. Natalie had a condition called autism which led _______________________ with buttons and counting.
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Use a dictionary and thesaurus to fill in the columns for each of the the vocabulary words. Not every word will have all three columns filled.
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko Please circle the best answer. 1. Why did the Flanagan family move to Alcatraz? a. so that Natalie could go to a nearby special school b. because Mr. Flanagan was offered a really great job there c. because Mr. Flanagan lost the family home during the Depression d. so that the kids could have the adventure of growing up around infamous criminals 2. Why did the warden forbid Moose to talk about Al Capone? a. It was illegal to talk about convicted felons. b. His daughter Piper wanted to be the only one to tell Capone stories. c. It would bring extra media attention to a felon who doesn’t deserve attention. d. No one knew that Capone is on Alcatraz. 3. Natalie turns ten every year on her birthday because a. ten is as high as she can count. b. ten is her favorite number. c. Mrs. Flanagan can’t stand the idea that Natalie’s physical age doesn’t reflect the age she acts. d. Moose thinks being 10 is the best chance Natalie has to get into school. 4. Moose was given the responsibility of watching his sister because a. Mrs. Kelly thought Natalie needed to spend more time with regular kids doing normal things. b. Mrs. Flanagan had to work in the afternoons and there was no one else to watch her. c. both A and B d. none of the above 5. Natalie was sent home from the Esther P. Marinoff School because a. she was screaming. b. they discovered she was not really ten years old. c. she got into a fight. d. she refused to get off the boat. 6. The kids that live on Alcatraz got in trouble when a. the warden found them inside the fences hunting baseballs. b. Natalie came to the parade ground in a bathing suit. c. the warden discovered they were trying to write to Al Capone. d. the warden discovered that they took money from kids to have their laundry done by the inmates. 7. When Rocky wouldn’t stop crying on the boat, a. Piper told Theresa they have to go home. b. Moose helped calm the baby. c. Jimmy pitched a fit that Theresa snuck out with the baby. d. Al Capone’s mother calmed him.
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko 8. Moose was very disturbed when he returns from hunting baseballs a. to find that Piper has already found a ball b. to find Natalie holding hands with a convict c. both A and B d. none of the above 9. When Mrs. Flanagan realized Moose has stopped taking Natalie outside, she a. yelled at him. b. locked them out of the apartment when she leaves. c. took the button box with her. d. asked Theresa to watch Natalie. 10. In the end, Natalie is accepted to the school because a. the Flanagans finally admitted to her real age. b. Moose talked Mr. Purdy into taking her. c. Esther P. Marinoff School decided to open a school for older students. d. the warden was able to get her in. Please write true or false in the blank. 11._________________ Moose didn’t like sports. 12._________________ Mr. Flanagan thought his wife should spend more time on Moose. 13._________________ Natalie was ten years old. 14._________________ Theresa didn’t tell Moose about Jimmy at first because she thought Moose wouldn’t play with her. 15._________________ Mrs. Capone never went into the cell building to visit her son. 16._________________ Piper tried to talk her father out of giving a special talk on the rules to Moose. 17._________________ Piper helped Moose sneak a letter in to Al Capone. 18._________________ Moose thought it was wrong to keep pretending that Natalie was a little girl. 19._________________ Mrs. Kelly didn’t help Natalie improve. 20._________________ Al Capone managed to get Natalie into the Esther P. Marinoff School.
