The Other Side

During what time of year does the story take place?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

Why won't mama let Clover play in the rain?

• It is too muddy.

• She has rainy day toys.

• She will get wet.

• She might get sick.

What is the name of the girl on the other side of the fence?

• Clover

• Annie

• Stover

• Fanny

Why don't the girls' mothers want them to go on the other side of the fence?

• The fence is too high to climb.

• They are afraid of trouble due to the girls' different races.

• The don't like other people from other races.

• The moms had a fight and don't want the girls to be friends.

How do the girls solve the problem of visiting "the other side" of the shared fence?

• They Knock down the fence.

• They decide to stop talking.

• They get permission from their mothers.

• They sit on the fence together.

What does Sandra finally allow Annie and Clover to do?

• Make pancakes for breakfast

• Build a snowman together

• jump rope with the other girls.

• sit on opposite sides of the fence.

"Someday somebody's going to come along an knock this old fence down." What did the girls mean?

• The fence is getting old and needs to be taken down.

• They don't like the fence blocking the view.

• Someone else might not like the fence and take it down.

• Someday somebody will stop fencing people in because of their color.

"Someday somebody's going to come along an knock this old fence down." What type of figurative language is this?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• None of the above

" That summer me and Annie sat together on that fence- and when Sandra and them looked at me funny, I just made believe that I didn't care".

Why is this important to the story?

• It showed how children acted back then

• It would lead to Sandra and the girls letting them play together

• It showed that the girls were selfish.

• It showed how the girls liked to play.

"I felt brave that day. I felt free"

What does this show about Clover?

• That she was afraid.

• That she was fed up.

• That she was about to approach the girl on the fence.

• That she was going to go play with her friends.