1. If the Quakers opposed slavery, why would they not fight in the Union Army? In Who Comes with Cannons?

2. Do you like historical novels in particular? What makes a good historical novel special? Does Who Comes with Cannons? have any of these special qualities?

3. New Yorkers attack and severely beat Truth's uncle because he is a Quaker. Why did they do this? Were they right to do it? What, if anything, should they have done instead to show their anger?

4. The children and young adults in the novel want to be in school. Why?

What do they do when they are not in school?

5. What do you learn about farm life in North Carolina in the middle of the nineteenth century?

6. Considering that many people hate them in both...