Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Which of the following characters is known for first asking "What's the purpose of stories that aren't even true?"

• Mr. Sengupta

• Iff

• Rashid Khalifa

• Prince Bolo

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is known by the nicknames "The Shah of Blah" and "The Ocean of Notions"?

• Iff

• Rashid Khalifa

• Khattam-Shud

• Mali

Who is the author of Haroun and the Sea of Stories?

• Salman Rushdie

• Vanessa Gebbie

• Kathy Fish

• Martin A. Ramos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Something that is OPULENT is .......

• sad and gloomy

• ordinary

• transformative

• fancy

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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

Who is a "Water Genie"?

• Haroun

• Princess Batcheat

• Iff

• Khattam-Shud

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Haroun is a very curious character.

What type of sentence is this?

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• simple sentence

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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

"Floating Gardener First Class"

• Mali

• Salman Rushdie

• General Kitab

• Blabbermouth

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

_____________ is the Earth's second moon.

• Chup

• Kahani

• Gup City

• Kitab

Who asks Haroun to "pick a bird"?

• Mali

• Iff

• General Kitab

• Blabbermouth

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"There was once, in the country of Alifbay, a sad city, the saddest of cities, a city so ruinously sad that it had forgotten its name" (15).

What literary device is being used in this line?

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3