TGWRP Comprehension Questions (p. 1-20)

The story is set in which American city?

• New York

• Atlanta

• Washington D.C.

• Dallas

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The community Robert and Betsy Ann live in is best characterized as...

• A working class African American neighborhood

• A predominately white middle class suburb

• A rich multi-ethnic neighborhood

• None of these

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does iridescent mean?

• Shiny

• Green

• Dark

• None of these

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Young girl, wants to raise pigeons

• Betsy Ann

• Clara

• Jenny

• Wilma Ellis

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Eccentric 56 year old man, lives with his parents

• Miles

• Walter

• Robert

• Ralph

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Robert and Betsy Ann's landlord

• Miss Jenny

• Wilma Ellis

• Miles

• Ralph

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

True or False: When Betsy Ann first interacts with Miles' pigeons she is frightened by them.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Betsy Ann decides that she wants pigeons of her own, how does Walter react?

• He goes immediately to the pet store to buy her some.

• He tries to talk her out of the idea.

• He says no because their landlords don't allow pets.

• He captures one in the park for her to keep.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How did Clara die?

• Car crash

• Brain cancer

• Heart attack

• She is still alive

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"But she remained a bulldog about it, and he knew that she was not often a bulldog about anything" (6). What figurative language is this?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3