"The Man Who Loved Clowns" Ch. 9-16 Quiz

Dad kept glancing in the rearview mirror. "Bringing this trailer into these hills wasn't such a good idea. It 's top heavy without a load, and I can feel it bucking against us every time I touch the brakes."

This passage contains:

• a flashback

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• imagery

I was a robot, doing what he asked while he got Punky up and dressed.

This line from the book contains:

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• an idiom

If this story were told in third person limited point of view, and it focused on Punky, which of the following passages would not be in the book?

• Birdie was sitting alone on the steps, her moptop tangled and her freckled cheeks rosy from the chill.

• "Your, uh, new home is right on my way." "It's not my home. It's a stopping-off place until I'm old enough to move out."

• The hallway was crawling with kids laughing and talking.

• Birdie's eager upturned face made me ashamed of myself. How could I have wish her or anybody's father dead?

I walked to school hunched over, clutching grief to my chest as if it were a notebook.

What type of figurative language does this passage contain?

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Which two characters are having an external conflict at this point in the novel?

• Delrita and Tree

• Punky and Aunt Queenie

• Aunt Queenie and Delrita

• Avanelle and her father

What was in the package that Whittlin' Walt gave to Delrita?

• a carved rodeo clown

• a carved tree

• a carved swan

• a carved jack-o-lantern

How would this story be different if it were told from Aunt Queenie's point of view?

• The reader would see the workshop in a different way- more positive than negative.

• The reader would better understand Bert's hesitation in responding to certain questions in front of Queenie.

• The reader would better understand the death of Delrita's parents.

• The reader would better understand why Avanelle's dad is in jail.

My aunt and uncle stared at me openmouthed. I expected one of them to say something, but they remained silent. Aunt Queenie's face crumpled, and tears glistened on her cheeks.Uncle Bert, glancing from me to Aunt Queenie, ran his hands through his toupee.

How does Aunt Queenie feel in this passage?

• joyous, lighthearted

• hostile, mean-spirited

• shocked, broken hearted

• fearful, disgruntaled

My aunt and uncle stared at me openmouthed. I expected one of them to say something, but they remained silent. Aunt Queenie's face crumpled, and tears glistened on her cheeks.Uncle Bert, glancing from me to Aunt Queenie, ran his hands through his toupee.

What new information does this passage reveal to the reader?

• Uncle Bert has a toupee.

• Uncle Bert often has a hard time expressing his emotions and speaking up in front of Queenie.

• Aunt Queenie does have a heart and does not always have a response to every comment made by others.

• Delrita is a hostile bully.

Which of the following is a turning point for Delrita?

• She finally goes back to school.

• She finally opens up to Avanelle.

• She finally stops fearing the workshop.

• She finally opens up to Queenie.