"Sleeping" Quiz

PART A: Why is Mr. Winter's and Harriet's interaction at swim club significant to the story's plot?

• Mr. Winter knows Harriet to be mature for her age, so he asks Harriet to take the unusual babysitting job to calm his wife's concerns.

• Mr. Winter asks her to babysit even though she has never seen him before, implying that he doesn't care who babysits Charles and that he is a neglectful father.

• Harriet suspects that Mr. Winter only approached her to babysit because of her age and because she's a girl; this awareness is one of the first steps towards her growing up.

• Mr. Winter asks her to babysit even though she has never seen him before; this unusual approach is a clue that something is off concerning the Winter family.

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PART B: Which TWO other details from the story have a similar effect as the answer to Part A?

• "Harriet had never held a baby, except for one brief moment" (Paragraph 2)

• "Andy was now a plump seven-year-old, older than Harriet had been when she held her that day" (Paragraph 2)

• "She would not have to change a diaper, they said. In fact, she would not have to do anything at all" (Paragraph 1)

• "He was a very sound sleeper, she said" (Paragraph 1)

• "Harriet turned the knob on the baby's door very tentatively, but it seemed locked"

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Contemporary

• a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another.

• person from the future

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Choose the correct definition in the context of the sentence:

"He was a very sound sleeper," she said.

• thorough; deep and undisturbed

• voice

• to make known; proclaim

• plumb

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bestowed

• A type of food
• A type of clothing
• A type of animal
• To confer or present an honor, right, or gift

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orthodonture

• A branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth.

• A branch of medicine dealing with skin diseases
• A branch of biology dealing with the study of plants
• A branch of science dealing with the study of weather

malocclusion

• Refers to a misalignment of teeth.

• A type of skin disease
• A type of heart disease
• A type of eye disease

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tentatively

• definitely
• uncertainly
• quickly
• slowly

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PART A: Which of the following best describes a theme of the story?

• People sometimes grieve in mysterious ways.
• Guilt can cause great changes in a person.
• Family supports each other no matter what.
• Death can force a person to grow up more quickly.

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PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?

• "Harriet had never held a baby, except for one brief moment,when she was about six, when Mrs. Antler next door had surprisingly bestowed on her the tight little bundle that was their new baby, Andrea." (Paragraph 2)
• "two hours of reading all of the boring mail piled neatly on a desk in the bedroom and looking through a depressing wedding album" (Paragraph 3)
• "She wondered what Charles looked like. She wasn't even sure how old he was. Why had she agreed to baby-sit when Mr. Winter approached her at the swim club?" (Paragraph 4)
• "Mrs. Winter seemed to be waiting for her to leave before checking on the baby... When they reached her house he said, My wife. He hesitated, then he said, You understand, don't you?" (Paragraph 6)

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