The following questions are meant to encourage comprehension for junior aged students.
Chapter 1 Summary Henry Barrie
Henry is sick and tired of his mom’s porridge. Henry’s Grandpa wasn’t the oldest son so he had to find a place to live, so he went on to live in Canada.
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Henry went to WWI training camp. Henry was worried about going to war because that meant he would have to leave his family for a long period of time.
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Chapter 3 Summary Henry Barrie
Henry has a crush on a girl named Nettie. Henry registered for the army and while he was registering, he saw lots of people from all over Ottawa.
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Chapter 4 summary Henry Barrie
Henry went on a train ride to Valcartier Camp. Henry saw a car for the first time.
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Chapter 5 summary Henry Barrie
Henry had to do a lot of marching and shooting at Valcartier Camp.
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Chapter 6 summary Henry Barrie
Henry rides on a boat. He also arrives in England and finds out he is training again.
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Chapter 7 summary Henry Barrie
Henry finds out he is going to war without his friend Jimmy.
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Chapter 8 summary Henry Barrie
Henry goes to war. Henry gets introduced to the front line.
Henry crosses no man's land with a couple other people.
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Chapter 9 summary Henry Barrie
Henry has to go through three trenches in the battle of Vimy Ridge. Henry gets machine gun training. Henry gets a vacation.
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Chapter 10 Henry Barrie summary
There was a strong winter that affected the war. The Canadians deal with the winter better than the Australians and the British because Canada has worse winters.
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Chapter 11 Henry Barrie summary
Henry got a blighty and in hospital for about two weeks. Then he was ready to go back to the front line.
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Chapter 12 Henry Barrie
The war ended and Henry came home.
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Chapter 13 Henry Barrie
Henry came back from war. And when he got back, he proposed to Nettie.
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Chapter 14 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family make their maple syrup.
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Chapter 15 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family catch their annual fish supply.
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Chapter 16 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family build a log chicken coop
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Chapter 17 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family go to the fair.
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Chapter 18 Henry Barrie
Henry decides to enlist again for WWII. He travels to Nova Scotia and serves as a Home Guard.
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Chapter 19 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family moved to a new farm. Gordon shows he has the same faith as Henry. Henry dies at his farm.
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Chapter 1 Summary Henry Barrie
Henry is sick and tired of his mom’s porridge. Henry’s Grandpa wasn’t the oldest son so he had to find a place to live, so he went on to live in Canada.
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- What did Henry’s mom say to him before he went to sleep?
- What are the two animals that Henry’s farm owns?
Henry went to WWI training camp. Henry was worried about going to war because that meant he would have to leave his family for a long period of time.
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- Where did Henry and Jimmy eat their roast beef sandwiches?
- What type of gun did Henry use?
- What colour was Henry’s uniform?
Chapter 3 Summary Henry Barrie
Henry has a crush on a girl named Nettie. Henry registered for the army and while he was registering, he saw lots of people from all over Ottawa.
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- What did Henry look like?
- Why did Henry like Nettie?
- What did Henry do when he saw Jimmy’s parents crying?
Chapter 4 summary Henry Barrie
Henry went on a train ride to Valcartier Camp. Henry saw a car for the first time.
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- What were the two things that Henry saw for the first time?
- Where was Sir John A McDonald’s home town?
- What do you think Henry used if he had never seen a toilet before?
Chapter 5 summary Henry Barrie
Henry had to do a lot of marching and shooting at Valcartier Camp.
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- What were one of the things that the soldiers played in the barracks?
- Describe what a turkey harvest looks like.
- If you were Henry, would you want to do this? Why or Why not?
Chapter 6 summary Henry Barrie
Henry rides on a boat. He also arrives in England and finds out he is training again.
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- Do you think Henry was nervous when he went to war?
- Do you think Henry will survive?
- What do you think Henry looks like in his uniform?
Chapter 7 summary Henry Barrie
Henry finds out he is going to war without his friend Jimmy.
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- Do you think Henry will see Jimmy again?
- Define foreshadowing.
- Draw what Jimmy looked like as Henry left.
Chapter 8 summary Henry Barrie
Henry goes to war. Henry gets introduced to the front line.
Henry crosses no man's land with a couple other people.
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- What do you think Henry thinks of the front line?
- Do you think Henry likes the war?
- What does Henry think of no man’s land?
Chapter 9 summary Henry Barrie
Henry has to go through three trenches in the battle of Vimy Ridge. Henry gets machine gun training. Henry gets a vacation.
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- Why doesn't Henry say more about Vimy Ridge?
- Do you think Henry likes that girl he saw?
- Do you think Henry is enjoying his vacation?
Chapter 10 Henry Barrie summary
There was a strong winter that affected the war. The Canadians deal with the winter better than the Australians and the British because Canada has worse winters.
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- Where did Henry's battalion stay when they were not in the front line?
- Name two important people in this chapter.
- What was the winter like? Explain your answer.
Chapter 11 Henry Barrie summary
Henry got a blighty and in hospital for about two weeks. Then he was ready to go back to the front line.
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- What is a blighty?
- What were the three things that Henry did when his blighty was getting treated?
- Where was the hospital?
Chapter 12 Henry Barrie
The war ended and Henry came home.
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- Why did the war end?
- How did the war end?
- What did Henry do when the war ended?
Chapter 13 Henry Barrie
Henry came back from war. And when he got back, he proposed to Nettie.
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- Why did Henry propose to Nettie?
- Did Nettie say yes?
- Why was Nettie crying when Henry proposed to her?
Chapter 14 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family make their maple syrup.
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- What season did Henry and his family tap the maple trees?
- Who first discovered how to make maple syrup?
- What is the ratio of sap to syrup?
Chapter 15 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family catch their annual fish supply.
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- What did Henry and his family use to catch the fish?
- How did they use the horses?
- How did they store the fish for the year?
Chapter 16 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family build a log chicken coop
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- What type of tree did they use to cut it?
- How many trees did they cut down?
- What did they use to lift the trees up onto the coop?
Chapter 17 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family go to the fair.
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- What did Gordon enter in the fair?
- Name three things they saw at the fair.
- What happened to Gordon's entry?
Chapter 18 Henry Barrie
Henry decides to enlist again for WWII. He travels to Nova Scotia and serves as a Home Guard.
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- Why did Henry enlist again?
- Who did Henry leave at the house?
- What did Nettie think of Henry going again?
Chapter 19 Henry Barrie
Henry and his family moved to a new farm. Gordon shows he has the same faith as Henry. Henry dies at his farm.
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- Describe Henry's new farm.
- How did Gordon meet his wife?
- Why did they pick OJ Hanson's poem for Henry's eulogy?