Reading Quiz #1

"Anne Shirley". faltered the shrinking child, "and i'm eleven years old." (paragraph 11) what does the word shrinking mean as it is used in this sentence?

• growing smaller

• shriveling up

• becoming weak

• becoming afraid

Part A: Why does Marila not like Mrs.Blewett?

• Mrs. blewett has too many children

• Mrs. Blewett id unkind to her workers

• Mrs. Blewett's children misbehave

• Mrs. Blewett speak unkindly to Anne

Part B: which Sentence supports your answer in Part A.?

• "Mrs. Blewett has a large family, you know, and she finds it hard to get help" (paragraph 2)

• "she knew Mrs. Peter Blewett only by sight as a small, shrewish-faced woman without an ounce of superfluous flesh on her bones.

  " (Paragraph 4

• " a terrible worker and driver," mrs. Blewett was said to be; discharged servant girls told fearsome tales of her temper and stinginess. (paragraph 4)

• "Humph! You don't look as if there was much to you" )paragraph 12)

What role does paragraph 4 have in passage 1

• it describes Mrs. Blewett to the reader.

• it shows the reader that the story changed settings.

• it explains why Mrs. Blewett is at the house

• it shows how difficult it will be for Marilla to make decision.

why does the narrator explain what Marilla is thinking?

• to show upset Marilla is about the mix-up

• to show how Marilla decided what to do

• to show how Marilla feels about Anne

• to show how Marilla feels about Mrs. Spencer

fill in the circle before the two sentences from Passage 1 that help explains why Marilla changes her mind about keeping anne.

• "here was an unexpectedly good chance to get his unwelcome orphan off her hands, and she did not even feel grateful for it"

• " Marilla fekt a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne over to her tender mercies "

• She felt a lump coming up in her throat and her eyes smarted painfully

• More - over. she did not fancy Mrs. Blewett

• "in fact i may say that Matthews is disposed to keep her

Part A : W3hat is the theme of passage 2?

• children should stay with their parents

• bigger animals are more powerful

• parents love their children completely

• forests are dangerous

Part B: Which sentence supports your answer in Part A

• so he started to look for the cave and his mother, feeling at the same time an overwhelming rush of loneliness and helplessness

• the next moment (the weasel) was at his throat, her teeth buried in his hair and flesh

• and, still in the air, the she- wolf's jaw closed on the lean, yellow bodym and the weasel knew death between the crunching teeth

• (his mother) joy at finding him seemed greater even than his joy at being found.

But a portion of his knowledge was quickly to be his

why did the narrator include this sentence?

• the narrator was telling the reader that the wolf club would be protected

• the narrator was explaining that the wolf cub did not know very much yet

• the narrator was explaining that the wolf cub was learning as he grew

• The narrator was hinting that the wolf cub would be attacked by the weasel

Protects her cub from an enemy

• She- Wold

• Mother- Weasel

• Both