A Monster Calls chapters 1-7

What time does the monster arrive?

• 12:00 in the afternoon

• 2:00am in the middle of the night

• 12:07 am in the middle of the night

• 4:00 pm just before dinner

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CCSS.RL.6.1

How old is Conor?

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14

What is Mrs. Howlett's favorite punctuation mark that is used often in the book?

• exclamation point

• dash

• question mark

• quotation marks

What type of figurative language is this? "A mark that drew Harry to him like iron to a magnet."

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Who are Harry, Anton, and Sully?

• uncles to Conor

• brothers of Conor

• best friends of Conor

• bullies to Conor

What type of figurative language is this? "A tree that, as he watched, reared up a giant face to look at him in the sunlight, its arms reaching out, its voice saying, Conor--"

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does the monster want Conor to do?

• eat the red poison berries

• tell a story--Conor's truth

• take a walk together outside

• apologize for being rude

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What does Conor's grandmother announce to him when she comes to visit?

• She is taking him on a trip

• She is coming to live at his house

• Conor will be going to live with the grandmother

• Conor is getting a new drawing set

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Finish this sentence from the book: Stories are wild creatures...When you let them loose, ____________________

• who knows what havoc they might wreak?

• who knows what they might say?

• who knows if they are any good?

• who knows where they might run?

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Are you liking the book so far?

• yes!

• no!