
"By Any Other Name" Quiz

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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What kind of school do Santha and Primela attend?
It is a school run by the British in India.
It is a public school in America.
It is a private school in Britain.
It is a private school in India.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Prior to the sisters' arrival at the Anglo-Indian school in "By Any Other Name," who taught Premila and Santha?
their ayah
their father
their mother
an Indian tutor
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.W.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When the teacher in "By Any Other Name" asks the narrator to tell the class her name, why does the narrator respond that she doesn't know?
she does not want to say her Indian name
She is shy and afraid of the other children
She wants to rebel against the teacher's authority
She is unsure whether to say her real name or her English name
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In "By Any Other Name," why are the Indian children separated during the test in Premila's class?
Their scores will be figured in a different way.
The teacher thinks that otherwise they will cheat.
The Indian children are not expected to take the test.
Their test is different from the one for the English children.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of palpitating in the sentence from "By Any Other Name"?
"Occasionally it would shoot out its long yellow tongue for a fly, and then it would rest, with its eyes closed and its belly palpitating, as though it were swallowing several times quickly."
rigid
pulsing
growling
horizontal
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.4A
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the author most clearly reveal by including the anecdote in which the headmistress changes the girls' names?
the eagerness of children to learn and change
the difficult characteristics of Indian proper names
the desire of the English to conver the world around them
the school's attempt to make Indian children feel welcome
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.9-10.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does the headmistress change Premila's name to?
Cynthia
Pamela
Angie
Mary
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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