The Shawl Quiz

Where does "The Shawl" take place?

• in a death camp somewhere in Europe

• in a small Russian village

• in a tenement house in Krakow

• in the United States

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the relationship between Stella and Magda?

• They are not related by blood but are cared for by Rosa

• They are cousins

• Stella is Magda's mother

• They are sisters

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why is the Shawl considered magic?

• It allows Magda to fly

• It placates (helps her not to feel) Stella's jealousy

• It mysteriously feeds Magda

• It gives Magda special telepathic powers

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How does Magda die?

• She ate the shawl and choked to death

• Stella devoured her like a cannibal

• She wandered into the fence and electrocuted herself

• She was thrown into an electric fence by a guard

What is different about Magda, according to the narrator?

• She is blond haired and blue eyed

• She can talk from a young age

• She has the complexion of Cholera

• She is bird like and can fly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What was the author's purpose for writing The Shawl?

• to entertain

• to express an opinion

• to persuade

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which of the following means feverish?

• febrile

• nauseous

• sterile

• compress

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following means extremely hungry?

• refractory

• oscillate

• purged

• ravenous

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following means a loud noise?

• perilous

• clamor

• carrion

• excrement

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the prifix re mean?

• It makes a word into an adverb, and modifies the verb

• it makes a word past tense

• not

• again

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A