The Other Side of Truth Comprehension Test Chapters 1-7

Forced absence from one's own home or country

• inclusion

• expel

• exile

• exhale

"Grief burst around them like a pierced boil." What is this an example of?

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• paragraph

Sade feels, "Suffocated by arms and voices" - what does this mean?

• She can't breath because of all the people and the loud noise.

• She wants someone to hug her and speak to her.

• She hates her arms and her loud voice.

• She loves being surrounded by people all speaking.

Choose the best definition of 'displace'

• to dance

• to lose

• to offend or displease

• to remove from the usual or proper place

a person who flees to a foreign country to escape danger

• fugitive

• refugee

• coward

• smuggler

Which of these is a metaphor?

• The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom

• The teacher had a voice like velvet.

• The boy was as slow as a snail

• The sun and the moon shine day and night.

a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence

• investigating

• guessing

• inference

• annotating

How might a character act if he felt sad? 

• put his head down and sigh 
• yell and jump up and down 
• smile and wave
• laugh until his side hurt 

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Nor had she ever seen Papa like this before, as if his spirit had flown out of him." What can you infer about how Sade's father looks at this moment?

• He must be smiling and happy.

• He must be very solemn and still and quiet.

• He must be praying

• He must be singing a song

"Normally Papa would have flared up."

What does 'flare up' mean?

• to set on fire

• to smell

• to get angry

• to sete on fire