SOUNDER BY Author: William Howard Armstrong :September 14, 1914-April 11, 1999 "Sounder", the dog's name, is the only character name used in the book. PUBLISHED 1969

SOUNDER BY Author  William Howard Armstrong  

September 14, 1914-April 11, 1999

Author: William Howard Armstrong

Born: September 14, 1914

Died: April 11, 1999

Biography of William Howard Armstrong

1. Answer these questions about the author.

a.  What is the author’s date of birth?

       September 14,  1914

b.  How old was Armstrong when he wrote this story?

      Age 55 [

c.  What inspired him to write it?

     The Old testatment, Homer[Illiad] and History

2.  Describe the following settings:

a. The big house

b. The meetin’ house

c.  The unpainted cabin.

3.  Sounder is this breed of dog:

a.      German shepard

b.     pit bull

c.      mixed Georgia redbone hound and bulldog.

4.  The mother was able to sell her walnuts for

a.      ten cents a pound.

b.     fifteen cents a pound.

c.      twenty five cents a pound.

5.  The mother entertained the boy at night by

a.      reading.

b.     playing games.

c.      telling stories.

6.  There are ____________ children in the family.

a.      three

b.     two

c.      four

7.  The sheriff arrested the father because the father

a.      broke into someone’s house.

b.     broke into a store.

c.      broke into a smoke house.

8.  Watering a growing plant when the soil is hot

a.      helps it to grow faster.

b.     makes it greener.

c.      shocks the roots.

9.  How many years had passed when the boy sat and read the story of Joseph to his younger brother and sisters?

a.      6 years

b.     2 years

c.      4 years

10.  There is a period during the summer called “dog days”; it is a time when the heat and drought parch the earth.  How did this period get its name?

a.      During this time, dogs go mad.

b.     The Dog Star rises and sets with the sun during this season of the year.

c.      Heat and drought only come in summer.

11.  The father is hurt on the chain gang while

a.      working in a cotton field.

b.     working in a quarry.

c.      working in a jail.

12.  Sounder and the father die

a.      a year apart.

b.     two years apart.

c.      within the same year.

13. Write one paragraph explaining what you believe the life lessons of this story are.

That the mother believe that the Lord choose people for certain things in life.

SOURCE:

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/armstrong.htm

Purchase Sounder.

Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Sounder-William-Armstrong/dp/0064400204/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513907460&sr=8-1&keywords=sounder+by+william+h.+armstrong

This is a great book.  Despite what the father did.   It was the mother's powerful love of forgiveness and the powerful that strengthen how she kept the family together through racism and financial hard times.