In the Sunroom

In the Sunroom

Multiple Choice

To Ana, the doctor’s office and the hospital were cold, gray places. Her mother had to take the highway through the city to get there, and the car was either stiflingly hot or too cold. There was always traffic. Mom would snap at them to stop arguing, talking, laughing, or singing in the back seat. She was a different person on those days. Worry lines creased her forehead, and she gripped the steering wheel as if she were trying to bend it into another shape

What inference can you make from the details in the passage?

• Jamie's illness caused stress and anxiety for his whole family.

• Ana and Jamie's mother was not accustomed to driving in the city.

• Ana and Jamie's father did not live with them.

• Jamie died from his illness.

Multiple Choice

In the story, strawberries are a symbol of -

• Ana and Jamie's favorite food

• the strength to overcome a serious illness

• the love that connects Jamie, Ana, and Jason

• celebrating major family events, such as birthdays

Multiple Choice

What does the scene between Jason and the nurse (paragraph 7-13) contribute to the story as a whole?

• It explains why Jason brings strawberries to the nursing home and leads to the story's climax as he confronts his mother's memory

• It reveals the pain that Jason feels over the loss of his uncle and helps explain his reluctance to visit his mother at the nursing home.

• It tells readers how the conflict involving Jamie's illness was resolved and shows readers what is really happening in Ana's present life.

• It creates a feeling of suspense becuase readers are unsure which version of reality - Ana's or Jason's - is correct.

Multiple Choice

How does the form of narration in this story affect its tone, or express a particular attitude?

• The omniscient third-person narrator first describes Ana's perceptions and then Jason's, creating a tone of compassion for both characters.

• The limited third-person narrator shows how Jason suffers as a result of his mother's illness, creating a critical tone towards the medical profession.

• The omniscient third-person narrator reveals Ana's and Jason's feelings but not the nurse's, creating a critical tone toward the medical profession.

• The limited thhrid-person narrator presents a rich picture of ana's inner world and the happiness it brings her, creating a tone of doubt about the value of normal perceptions.

The Basics of Third-Person POV

Imagine you are Ant-Man. For non-Marvel nerds, he’s a superhero in a special suit that makes him tiny and able to flit anywhere, including inside of people.

Source: https://www.janefriedman.com/understanding-third-person-point-of-view-omniscient-limited-and-deep/

Omniscient third-person POV

You-as-Ant-Man can fly anywhere in the world, even into people’s minds, as well as forward and backward in time. You know anything anyone has ever known—both personal experience and empirical fact. You have access to all the knowledge of the universe, like a god.

Source: https://www.janefriedman.com/understanding-third-person-point-of-view-omniscient-limited-and-deep/

Limited third-person

Ant-Man is on a tether to a single character—you can’t break free. You can go inside her head and be privy to all her thoughts, but no one else’s. Yet as an external observer you can also offer objective commentary on the character, and know more than she knows.

https://www.janefriedman.com/understanding-third-person-point-of-view-omniscient-limited-and-deep/

Understanding third-person

In stories that use the third-person point of view, the narrator is outside of the story, seeing the characters from an aerial perspective. This means that the pronouns used to talk about the main characters are "he," "she" and "they" rather than "I" or "you." 

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 14, Jason's mood changes from sad to contented because -

• he remembers that his mother has arranged for them to have chocolate cake with cinnamon.

• he knows that Jamie is not really dead, and he looks forward to sharing this news with Ana.

• he feels hopeful that Ana will overcome her Alzheimer's disease.

• he realizes that his mother's memory loss has eased her suffering over Jamie's death.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best summary of the story?

• A woman with Alzheimer's believes she is preparing a birthday celebration for her brother, who died many years ago. Instead, her son visits her. His first impulse is to feel sad, but then he sees that she is filled with love and happiness despite her memory loss.

• A man visits his mother, who has Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home. He is frustrated that she confuses him with her younger brother, who died many years ago.

• A girl prepares a birthday celebration for her little brother to whom she is very close. As she wraps gifts and ensures that his favorite foods are laid out, she recalls some of her fondest memories of playing, reading, and shopping with her brother.

• A mother and son have two very different perceptions of the same event.

  She thinks it is a birthday party, while he thinks it is a reminder of a long-lost past. Finally, he decides to enjoy their time together, since she seems happy.

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