Comparing Literature: Aunty Misery & Strawberries.

The conflict in " Aunty Misery" is between a human being and death, an inevitable consequence of having lived.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Love overcomes anger, is a theme for ----

• Aunty Misery

• Strawberries

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Both Aunty Misery and Strawberries are -----

• short stories

• poems

• autobiographies

• folktales

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

Aunty Misery asks her first visitor for help because ----

• children are stealing her pears.

• children want to climb her pear tree.

• she wants help picking pears.

• she wants new friends.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

How does Aunty Misery’s first guest help her get rid of the second one?

• The first guest hides her from Death.

• The first guest sends away the second guest.

• The first guest teaches her to be nice to strangers.

• He grants Aunty Misery’s wish and allows her to outwit Death.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

All of the following protest against the absence of death in the world EXCEPT -----

• pharmacists.

• children.

• undertakers.

• priests.

In Strawberries, the quarrel between the married couple is about ----

• money.

• her bad habits.

• something neither can remember.

• his bad habits.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

The moral of Strawberries is best described as -----

• stubborn.

• humorous.

• gentle and compassionate.

• angry and bitter.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The spirit creates strawberries so that the woman will A. B. C. D.

• stop walking and forget her anger.

• forget which way she is walking.

• change her direction to avoid them.

• walk faster to avoid them, since she is allergic.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

In "Strawberries," the conflict is between two people who must forgive each other to overcome their hurt and anger.

• False

• True

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4