Comprehension Quiz on a Story

What does this quote mean: “For so it falls out, that what we have we prize not to the worth whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost, why then we rack the value, then we find the virtue that possession would not show us while it was ours.”

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Why did Mrs. Baker believe the school conducted atomic bomb drills?

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.3

Which significant political figures and activists die during the story?

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CCSS.RI.6.3

Describe Mr. Hoodhood (Holling’s father).

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.2B

Year/state the story takes place.

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CCSS.RL.6.5

What prevented Doug Swieteck’s brother from taking revenge on Holling for the snowball throw?

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Describe the night of the play / the Mickey Mantle incident.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.3A

CCSS.W.6.3B

Why does Mrs. Bigio dislike Mai Thi in the beginning / middle of the story?

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Why does Holling have to be alone with Mrs. Baker every Wednesday afternoon?

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

When did Holling realize that he really did love his sister?

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A