'The Other Side' Skills Quiz

What does yonder mean in paragraph 8 of "The Other Side"

• In another neighborhood

• Over there

• Right next door

• Across the street

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which statement best supports how yonder in paragraph 8 means "over there?"

• "We lived in a yellow house on one side of it."

• Each morning she climbed up on the fence and stared over at our side."

• "By where you see the laundry. That's my blouse hanging on the line."

• "It's nice up on this fence/ Annie said. 'You can see all over.'"

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In Paragraph 10, Annie said, "A fence like this was made for sitting on." What does this tell us about her?

• She loves beautiful views.

• She wanted to sit outside while it wasn't raining.

• She doesn't listen to her mother

• She is lonely and wants a new friend.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which detail from The Other Side supports that Annie is lonely and wants a new friend.

• "Each morning she climbed on the fence and stared over at our side."

• "It rained a lot that summer."

• "My mama says the same thing. But she never said nothing about sitting on it."

• "'It's nice up on this fence,' Annie said. 'You can see all over.'"

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

In Paragraph 11, Clover and Annie decide to sit on the fence together. Why is this important?

• They found a way to be friends without disobeying their parents.

• They wanted to play.

• They didn't care what others thought.

• They were brave. And wanted more freedom.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which detail from the story best supports that the girls found a way to be friends without disobeying their parents.

• "'I see you made a new friend,' she said one morning."

• "...she never said nothing about sitting on it."

• "I waited for her to tell me to get down from the fence or something, but she never did."

• '"My mama says I should not go on the other side,' I said."

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What line makes the reader think "She was ready for a change."

• "Don't climb over the fence when you play."

• "When I asked my mama why, she said, 'Because that's the way things have always been.'"

• "I felt brave that day. I felt free."

• "Someday, somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What line makes the reader think "She is not allowed to play on the other side."

• "Don't climb over the fence when you play."

• "When I asked my mama why, she said, 'Because that's the way things have always been.'"

• "I felt brave that day. I felt free."

• "Someday, somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down."

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What line makes the reader think "Annie is hopeful that the situation will change."

• "Don't climb over the fence when you play."

• "When I asked my mama why, she said, 'Because that's the way things have always been.'"

• "I felt brave that day. I felt free."

• "Someday, somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What line makes the reader think "People haven't treated equally in the past."

• "Don't climb over the fence when you play."

• "When I asked my mama why, she said, 'Because that's the way things have always been.'"

• "I felt brave that day. I felt free."

• "Someday, somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1