Call Me Francis Tucket

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VocabularyCharacters

This is the person who gets captured by Pawnees and learns from Mr.

Grimes.

Who is Francis Tucket?

This is a giant of a man who helps

rob Francis.

Who is Dubs?

This girl is known for talking a lot.

Who is Lottie?

This person has a thick beard, wears a top hat, and robs

Francis.

Who is Courtweiler?

This friend saved Francis’s life more

than once with hard kicks.

Who is the mule?

This is why Francis loses all his supplies –

and his shirt, too!

What is robbery?

This is the reason why Lottie and

Billy’s father died.

What is cholera?

In the end, Francis heads west with

these two characters.

Who are Lottie and Billy?

The man at the supply station

wanted to keep the children for this

reason

What is slave labor?

This was the second biggest mistake of

Francis’s life.

What is hunting buffalo?

This word means a waterproof sheet

What is a tarp?

This word means “big farm animals.”

What is stock or livestock?

This word means “back legs.”

What is “haunches”?

This word means “dead body.”

What is “carcass”?

This word is a literary device that

means “great exaggeration.”

What is “hyperbole”?

This character said that Mr. Grimes isn’t worth spit.

Who is Francis?

This character said to Francis, “I’m afraid

we’re going to have to relieve you of your

belongings.”

Who is Courtweiler?

This character said, “I like to talk. Sometimes it gets away from me a

little.”

Who is Lottie?

This character didn’t speak until

the end of the story.

Who is Billy?

This man said to Francis, “Oh, you’re

tough, are you? Just a regular bobcat.”

Who is the trading-post owner?

This is the disease also known as the

water sickness.

What is cholera?

When something is not well-made and

is put together quickly, this word

can describe it.

What is makeshift.

Francis finds this in the grass away from Lottie and Billy’s wagon.

What is their father’s body?

This is what the Indians were doing

on foot in the prairie.

What is hunting deer?

This is a lie that is meant to help people and not hurt anyone.

What is a white lie?