Sold by Patricia McCormick

What do Lakshmi and her mother dream of having?

• new clothes

• a tin roof

• running water

• a new stove

While she is living in the mountains, what happens to Lakshmi's cucumbers?

• Her stepfather sells them.

• Her mother says that she needs to use them to feed the baby.

• Her stepfather takes them to make a salad.

• She uses them to pay her dowry to Krishna.

What is the setting of the novel Sold?

• Nepal and India during modern times

• Russia during the Russian Revolution

• China and Taiwan during modern times

• Germany and Poland during World War II

Which sentence contains personification?

• She miles, drawing her shawl to her lips with the dignity of a queen.

• The motorcycle belches and breaks wind but it will not roar the way it did last night.

• I wait at home, as the damp firewood sizzles and smokes, trying to keep the baby from catching a chill.

• Ama runs to the door, sees him, then turns her face to the corner when he comes in.

Which of these sentences is NOT an example of personification?

• The wind was filled with so much fury, it blew me back a few feet.

• The trees were dancing as the wind brushed through the branches.

• The piano keys sung as I struck them.

• The flag swayed in the breeze.

Which of the following does NOT contain personification?

• My stomach complains a bit, unaccustomed ton such richness.

• We eat rice and lentils with the money Ama got for her earrings.

• She is looking down the mountain..at the neighbors' tin roof winking cruelly back at her.

• The little cucumber cowers under a nearby leaf in fear and awe.

Which of these sentences contain imagery?

• While Anita and Pushpa stand in front of the mirror, painting their faces, Shahanna explains everything to me.

• But my thoughts spin like the palm frond machine.

• I run back to Ama, afraid to tell her about this new auntie who smells of amber and jasmine and possibility.

• We sit together, each savoring our secret treats and framing of the days after the mountain.

Which of the following contains touch/feel imagery?

• "I heard the tinkling of her bell and looked up and saw my little speckled goat wandering around the school yard, bleating in despair."

• "But I wonder, when I see the owner of the tea shop looking at Ama with squinty coin eyes, if my stepfather has run away."

• "The other has a music making machine. He wears one glove and does a dance that makes it look as if he's walking even though he's not going anywhere."

• "I try to nod, but my head is heavy, achy, a distant thing I cannot control. All I can do is close my eyes."

What is personification?

• A description that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects

• Words that appeal to the five senses

• A large, obvious exaggeration used to make a point

What is imagery?

• A comparison of two unlike thngs using the words "like or "as"

• Two opposite words used together to create a contradiction

• A grand exaggeration used to make a point

• Words that appeal to the five senses