Girl Who Wouldn't Talk Stories

In the story, "The Girl Who Wouldn't Talk," the narrator is an...

• teenage boy

• young mother who recently arrived from China

• young Chinese American girl

• a grammar school teacher

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

This story focuses on the ...

• subject of religious persecution

• the subject of racial injustice

• the subject of the cruelty of youth

• the subject of Womens' Rights

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The narrator and the quiet girl...

• used to be best friends

• like the same boy at school

• are alike in many ways

• eventually stop fighting

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The narrator's internal conflict is it is her duty to get the quiet girl to talk.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

Why does the narrator stay late after school?

• play on the school playground

• she got into trouble in class

• she wants to finish her homework

• she waits for her parents to pick her up.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

The narrator, to get the quiet girl to talk, does all of the following except...

• hits the quiet girl with a stick

• pinches her cheeks

• yells at the quiet girl

• makes the quiet girl cry

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The narrator knows the quiet girl can talk because she heard her read aloud in class.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The narrator focuses on the American and Chinese girls' voices in the story.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Why does the narrator pick on the quiet girl?

• The quiet girl is not smart.

• The quiet girl needs to talk to someone.

• The narrator is trying to make the quiet girl mad.

• The narrator is trying to toughen the quiet girl up.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The narrator stops picking on the quiet girl because...

• the narrator starts crying

• the quiet girl starts crying

• the quiet girl's older sister saves her

• the quiet girl starts talking

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7