Lily's Crossing Reading Check Quiz: If you read, you'll know!

Which description best describes Lily?

• She's fun-loving and silly. She makes everything fun and is known for her sense of humor.

• She has a vivid imagination and sometimes gets carried away with her fantasies.

• She's unreliable and mean. She doesn't make friends easily and is hard to like.

• She's a huge liar that has no friends because no one believes anything that comes out of her mouth. Even her family is annoyed with her.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

What does Lily not want Gram to see before they leave for the beach house?

• her report card--Her grades aren't good.

• her messy room---She made holes in the wall hanging up pictures.

• her stash of candy bars--Wrappers are all over the floor.

• her newly cut hair--Her grandmother told her not to cut it.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is D-Day?

• the last battle of WWII that ended the war

• the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

• the day the Allies stormed the beach at Normandy in France

• the nickname of Margaret's brother, Eddie

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

What color eyes does Albert have?

• green

• brown

• blue

• one green eye and one blue eye

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

What does Poppy tell Lily in the rowboat when she picks him up?

• He's going overseas.

• He's getting remarried.

• He lost his job.

• They are not staying in Rockaway the entire summer either.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is Poppy's profession (job)?

• teacher

• pilot

• engineer

• welder

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CCSS.RI.4.1

What did Lily do that was "terrible" and that she wrote a letter about to say she was sorry?

• She stole her neighbor's rowboat.

• She broke into Margaret's house because she lost the key.

• She told her Gram that she hated her.

• She didn't say good-bye to Poppy.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

Who is Eddie and what happened to him?

• Eddie is Poppy's name. He went to war.

• Eddie is Margaret's brother who went to war and is missing after D-Day.

• Eddie is Albert's brother who was killed in the D-Day battle.

• Eddie is Gram's friend who was killed at Pearl Harbor.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

What is wrong with Ruth and who is she?

• She is blind and is Albert's sister.

• She had an illness--chicken pox or the measles--and is Albert's sister.

• She broke her leg and is Mrs. Orban.

• She lost her passport to America and had to stay in Europe, and she's Albert's cousin.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9B

What is true about Albert's money?

• He stole it from Mr. Orban.

• Mrs. Orban gave it to him so he wouldn't have to ask to buy cookies or ice cream.

• He has money from different countries because his Nagymamma wasn't sure where he'd end up.

• Albert sewed the money into his coat so that it wouldn't be stolen from him on the ship to America.

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.3