In My Mom's Shoes

What is the main idea of the text? 

• Chow will always hold onto some of her grief over mother’s death.
• Cultural differences cause Chow and her father to grieve in different ways.
• Chow found that anger was the easiest way to express her grief.
• Chow has found that with time, she has been able to move on from her grief.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Which section from the text best supports the answer to question 1? (Chow will always hold onto some of her grief over mother’s death.)

• “Though my mother's things remain as she left them, this is the first and only time he's given me anything of hers.” (Paragraph 9)
• “In that moment, I refused to let him define my grief. I shouted. Screamed, kicked at his car rugs.” (Paragraph 13)
• “For months, the shoes sit at the foot of the stairs in my group house, parked next to my roommates' sneakers and sandals. Week by week, they are buried as other things accumulate. I don't notice.” (Paragraph 22)
• “This is the complicated, ugly thing about grief. It attaches to you; it is a barnacle, relentless.” (Paragraph 30)

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What do her mother's shoes represent to Chow? 

• Her grief and memories of her mother
• Her love of shoes
• Anger towards her father

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why was it NOT a surprise that Chow's dad had kept her mother's shoes?

• He had a basket of her dirty laundry still in the closet. 
• He had kept the newspapers from before her death. 
• Nothing had changed in the house since she died. 
• All of the above. 

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What paragraph did you find the answer to the previous question in? 

• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2