The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses quiz

What prisoners are assigned to Span One?

• Traveling without a passbook
• Those who committed treason
• Political Protesters 

How does Hannetjie change by the end of the story?

• He is more compassionate toward the workers and they work together
• He is even more brutal and severe than before

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

What sort of warder is Hannetjie at the beginning of the story?

• He is strict and compassionanless
•  Timid and afraid to enforce the rules
• Compassionate and feels sorry for the prisoners 

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What punishment did the warder give out for Brille dropping the cabbage?

• Beat Brille with an iron club
• He switched to a new, harder working span 
• He withheld meals from the work span

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

What does Brille see Hannetjie doing that causes the warder to change?

• He sees Hannetjie allow a prisoner to steal cabbage
• He sees Hannetjie stealing food 
• He sees Hannetjie stealing fertilizer 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

True/False: Brille turned the warder in for stealing the fertilizer

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which excerpt from the story BEST illustrates an example of how the author manipulates time ?

• "'I am twenty years older than you' he said. It was the first thing that came to mind but the comrades seemed to think it a huge joke."

• "He had twelve children and his mind traveled back that evening through the sixteen years of bedlam in which he had lived."

• "The next day warder Hannetjie, caught this old man of twelve children stealing grapes from the farm shed."

• "This particular work span was known as Span One."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What aspect of the story reflects the cultural experience of the author?

• The injustice of apartheid that is present throughout the story

• The fact that Brille and others are in prison

• The prisoners in Span One working outside

• Hannetjie is white with "eyes the color of the sky."

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6