Among the Hidden Chapters 1-15 Comprehension

The following quote shows what type of conflict?

"Told you before. We didn't have a choice. Government wanted it. You can't tell the Government no." (1.6)

• External: man vs nature

• External: man vs society

• Internal: man vs self

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the mood of the following excerpt?

He might as well just rot up here in the attic. He'd thought about that before, on the rare occasions when Mother, Dad, Matthew and Mark all went somewhere and left him behind--what if something happened to them and they never came back? Would someone find him years from now, abandoned and dead? (3.35)

• Enthusiastic

• Hopeful

• Hopeless

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The government said they had to raise the Garner's taxes because...

• they sold their hogs

• they discovered Luk

• their property was worth more because of the newer houses built in the neighborhood.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Among the Hidden is written in what point of view?

• first person

• third person omniscient

• third person limited to Luke's point of view

Use context clues to explain the meaning of the underlined word.

In Jen's opinion, the Government doesn't just spread lies with their propaganda, but they're also "incompetent and stupid" (17.57).

• professional

• unwilling

• unskilled, lacking in ability

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What affect does the worker's question have on Luke?

"One of those workers asked me yesterday, 'Hey, farmer, you got air conditioning in that house of yours?'" Dad said from the table. He didn't turn around. He didn't seem to want to look at Luke. "We keep the shades pulled, hot day like today, people get suspicious. This way is safer. I'm sorry." (page 21)

• It causes Luke to be able to get a job so he has to leave the house everyday.

• He becomes good friends with the workers.

• He becomes even more imprisoned in his own home. He is confined or made to stay in his room and the stairwell.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

This passage shows what type of figurative language?

“At twelve, he knew better, but sometimes still pictured the Government as a very big, mean, fat person, two or three times as tall as an ordinary man, who went around yelling at people, 'Not allowed!' and 'Stop that!' It was because of the way his parents and older brothers talked: 'Government won’t let us plant corn there again.' 'Government’s keeping the prices down.' 'Government’s not going to like this crop'“ (pg. 2).

• personification

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The mood created in this quote is sadness. What words best describe the sadness?

“Luke heard the first tree shudder and fall, far off in the distance. Then he heard his mother call out the kitchen window: “Luke! Inside. Now.” He had never disobeyed the order to hide. Even as a toddler, barely able to walk in the backyard’s tall grass, he had somehow understood the fear in his mother’s voice. But on this day, the day they began taking the woods away, he hesitated. He took one extra breath of the fresh air, scented with clover and honeysuckle and—coming from far away—”

• mother's call, never disobeyed, understood

• far off in the distance,"Luke, inside, now", he hesitated, took an extra breath

• scented, toddler, tall grass

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What character traits would describe Luke's mother?

• strict and harsh

• irresponsible and self-centered

• caring and patient

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Refer to the following excerpt to answer the question that follows.

"Even with the blinds blocking every window, the room he entered was airy and bright. From the freshly painted walls to the sparking glass tables to the polished wood floor, everything looked new." (page 57)

question : What is the author's purpose in including this passage?

• entertain

• persuade

• describe

• inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6