TGWRP Comprehension Questions (p. 1-20)

Front

Story set in which American city?

Back

Washington D.C.

Front

Community of Robert and Betsy Ann:

Back

A working class African American neighborhood.

Front

Iridescent means?

Back

Shiny

Front

Young girl wants to raise pigeons.

Back

Betsy Ann

Front

Eccentric 56-year-old man living with parents

Back

Miles

Front

Robert and Betsy Ann's landlord

Back

Miss Jenny

Front

Betsy Ann's first interaction with Miles' pigeons was frightening.

Back

True

Front

Betsy Ann wants pigeons. Walter's reaction?

Back

He tries to talk her out of the idea.

Front

Clara's cause of death?

Back

Brain cancer

Front

Figurative language in: "But she remained a bulldog about it, and he knew that she was not often a bulldog about anything"?

Back

Metaphor