Sounder Ch 4 to 6

Why didn’t the mother bring the cake to the father?

• Seeing him makes her sad.

• He told her not to visit him.

• Women are not allowed in the prison.

• The boy told her how much he wanted to go.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which word BEST describes the prison guard?

• cruel

• sad

• indifferent

• strange

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What did the boy forget to ask his father?

• How long he has been married to his mother.

• Whether or not he can go to school.

• How Sounder first came to him.

• Whether or not he can get a new dog.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How will the mother know when the father is coming home?

• He will send word with the preacher.

• She will read about it in the paper.

• The boy will ask him the next time he visits.

• She will go to town and ask the mayor.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does the boy dream about that night?

• Someone offering to teach him how to read.

• Sounder breaking into jail and freeing father.

• Someone offering to buy them a new house.

• Sounder getting even with the deputies.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where does Sounder always look?

• under the porch

• in the trees

• under the kitchen table near the sink

• in the direction where the father was last seen

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Sounder no longer do?

• bark

• whine

• eat

• drink

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Read this except from chapter 6:

"Now the cabin was even quieter than it had been before loneliness put a stamp on everything."

What does this sentence mean?

• The boy has to buy stamps so he can write letters and feel less lonely.

• The cabin was very quiet because the boy no longer stamps his feet in anger.

• The boy no longer feels lonely because the cabin has brought him needed silence.

• The cabin is quiet and lonely now because the family feels the loss of the father.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which figurative language device is being used with the words, "before loneliness put a stamp on everything"?

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

In chapter 6 we learn that the mother has long periods of just humming without drifting into soft singing.

What is this a sign of?

• In chapter 6 we learn that the mother has long periods of just humming without drifting into soft singing.

  
  

  What is this a sign of?

• She is worried.

• The boy is forgetting the words to her songs.

• She is angry.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2