Only Alien Chapter 2 quiz

What did Hally consider “death for dating”?

• being friends with Smitty Tibbs
• taking honors classes in school
• not wearing the latest fashions
• playing a musical instrument

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

When Paul used to call Ginny “The Little Girl Who Had To Know Why,” what does this statement reveal about Ginny’s character? (21)

• Ginny does not like to learn new things
• Ginny is not very intelligent
• Ginny does not like to be in unfamiliar situations
• Ginny is curious

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of the following statements DOES NOT describe Ginny accurately?

• Ginny does not like to step outside of her comfort zone
• Ginny hates it when people are disappointed in her
• Ginny is a coward
• Ginny has a high self-esteem

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

“I squinted up at the leaves, the sun coming down through a million tiny green stained-glass windows.” (27)
The above passage is an example of:

• hyperbole
• characterization
• imagery
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Why do Ginny and Caulder go over to see Smitty in Ch. 2?

• to ask him why he won’t speak
• to get help with their math homework
• to invite him to the movies
• to get help with their English homework

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

“It was – I don’t know – perfect in there, the kind of place you’d expect to find plastic runners on the floor.”  (29)  “The first thing you had to notice was this big portrait on the wall- Mr. And Mrs. Tibbs and Smitty and another kid…all sitting there looking very beautiful inside this heavy wood-and-gold frame.”  (31)
What do we infer about the Tibbs’ family based on the two passages above?

• The house feels empty like no one lives in it
• Mrs. Tibbs is too busy to keep the house clean and tidy
• The Tibbs’s have a close-knit loving family relationship
• Mr. And Mrs. Tibbs are hardly ever home

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

“They looked kind of old-fashioned and jaunty.  It was weird to see something jaunty on that empty, beautiful face” (32).  
When Randle specifically chooses the word “jaunty” in the above passage to suggest that just like the jaunty [lively] glasses on Smitty’s expressionless face, there is some kind of spark inside him, this is an example of:

• verbal irony
• allusion
• foreshadowing
• diction

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What happened to Smitty when he was two that caused him to stop speaking? 

•  he got hit by a car and was in the hospital for weeks
• he fell into a well and was in it 18 hours before he was rescued
• he drowned in a community pool and was considered dead for a brief time
• his mother lost him at the mall

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How did Smitty’s father change after Smitty’s accident?

• he began to work a lot
• he did not talk very much
• he began to drink every night
• he began to pay more attention to Smitty than to Smitty’s brother

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

“From that night on, I was just as obsessed with Smitty as he [Caulder] was” (36).
In the above passage, Randle chooses to use the word “obsessed” instead of the word “interested” because of the negative and unhealthy feelings associated with the word “obsessed.”  This is an example of:

• denotation
• connotation
• simile
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6