Copper Sun part 1

Who is the protagonist of this book?

• Afi
• Tirza
• Amari
• Besa

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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

What is the name of the village in Ghana at the beginning?

• Kente
• Ziavi
• Amalia
• Kunta

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Amari is ___ years old.

• 10
• 20
• 15
• 25

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

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CCSS.RF.5.3A

Amari's mother tells her, "We must welcome our guests. We would never judge people by the color of their skin. That would be uncivilized." What type of Irony is this ? 

• Verbal Irony 
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• None of the above

When the survivors of Ziavi are being marched to the coast, Besa makes his face "like a mask." What does that mean?

• He smeared mud on his face as a sign of mourning.
• He did not show any emotion on his face.
• He was angry that he could not help Amari
• He put himself into a trance so he would not feel pain

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What painful mark was put on Amari at the beach?

• A tattoo that said "slave" was placed on her forehead
• Her skin was cut so the scar would spell the name of the slave traders
• She was burned with a brand on her shoulder
• Grains of sand were embedded in her skin

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Amari asked Afi if some women who were taken out of the slave castle were killed. Afi answered, "they did not die, at least not physically." What does that mean?

• The women would die on the ship
• The women would be killed at their destination
• The women's bodies were alive, but their spirits were dead
• The women were not allowed to practice their religion anymore.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Amari asked Afi if some women who were taken out of the slave castle were killed. Afi answered, "they did not die, at least not physically." What does that mean?

• The women would die on the ship
• The women would be killed at their destination
• The women's bodies were alive, but their spirits were dead
• The women were not allowed to practice their religion anymore.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

When Amari first met Afi, she told Afi that she felt like a broken drum. What did Amari mean by that?

• She feels like her life is over, like a broken instument 
• Her arm was broken, just like Besa's drum
• She feels sick with a fever and headache
• She thinks she is pregnant

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What literary terms are being used in this quote? "The spirit of the copper sun seemed to bleed for them as it glowed bright red against the deepening blue of the great water."

• Symbolism
• Imagery
• Personification
• All of these

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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