Forged by Fire (short story or Chapter 1 of book) Chapter 1

How old is Gerald?

• 3 years-old

• 1  year-old

• 8 years-old

• 4 years-old

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How does Gerald’s  mother teach him a lesson about fire?

• Burns his hand with an iron.

• She leaves him alone in a burning apartment.

• She puts his hand over a lighter until the flesh is burning.

• She simply explains the dangers of playing with matches.

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What does Gerald often do to escape his reality?

• He hides under the table.

• He uses his imagination to play.

• He watches Sesame Street.

• He plays with his cousins.

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 All of the following are lessons Gerald has already learned by age 3, except…

• Never come out of hiding from behind the couch when Mr. Leroy is there

• Never mess with Mama when she is in bed

• Never, never stay near Mama when she sniffs the white stuff.

• Never touch Mama’s lighter she uses to light her cigarettes

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How does the story end?

• Gerald accidentally sets the apartment on fire and is hiding behind the couch.

• Aunt Queen shows up and takes Gerald home with her.

• The fire department shows up, but it is too late. Gerald has died.

• Gerald is picked up by CPS and taken to the hospital.

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“Sometimes the cart would be a tank, as he passed cautiously through rows of armed cling peaches and silent sentinels that looked like boxes of Frosted Flakes.” This contains examples of all of the following except…

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• imagery

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“When the fire reached the bottle of Big K soda, Gerald watched, fascinated, as the soda bubbled, then fizzed. When it finally burst in a loud, sizzling explosion, Gerald jumped back behind the sofa…” 

This quote contains examples of…

• alliteration and simile

• onomatopoeia and personification

• onomatopoeia and imagery

• personification and alliteration

• metaphors and simile

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"...today was a good day, a shiny day, he thought. The sun was bight gold outside against a clear blue sky..."

Considering how this day turns out (the fire), this sentence is an example of--

• flashback

• allusion

• hyperbole

• irony

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"That night, Mama had hugged him and kissed him and held him close until he fell asleep. Gerald had felt so warm and special and golden--he wanted to feel likfe that forever."

The reader can infer, in this sentence, the meaning of golden is--

• delightful

• loved

• angry

• peaceful

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All of the following describe Gerald's mama except...

• neglectful

• abusive

• remorseful

• addicted

• responsible

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