Orphan Train

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Part 1

Reading Check

1. What has Molly been caught stealing?

2. Where does Molly do her community service hours?

3. Where did Niamh and her family emigrate from?

4. How old is Vivian when her family dies?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How do Molly and Vivian realize they are similar?

2. How does Vivian end up at the Children’s Aid Society?

3. What leads Niamh, Carmine, and Dutchy to travel together on the train west?

Part 2

Reading Check

1. How does Molly want to clean out Vivian’s attic?

2. What promise does Dutchy want to make with Niamh?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is it significant that Molly’s foster parents insist on meat at every meal?

2. How does seeing her belongings affect Vivian?

3. What happens at the stop in Minneapolis?

Part 3

Reading Check

1. What does Vivian give Molly?

2. Where does Niamh/Dorothy live after the Byrnes’ house?

Short Answer