Before We Were Free

What time of year is it when the novel opens?

• Summer

• Thanksgiving

• Easter

• Christmas

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the class preparing to do?

• Go trick-or-treating.

• Fly an American flag.

• Put on a Thanksgiving play.

• Put on a passion play.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Where is the setting of the school?

• Trinidad

• Haiti

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Who is Carla?

• Anita's friend

• Anita's cousin

• A new girl at school

• Anita's younger sister

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does the teacher tell Anita to do?

• Help the new boy find the correct classroom.

• Continue her presentation.

• Help Carla pack her belongings.

• Help Carla practice her lines.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

Where is Tio Toni?

• He is in prison in Santo Domingo

• He is in the Bronx.

• He is missing.

• He is hiding in the mountains outside of Santo Domingo.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Who is Chucha?

• Anita's dog.

• Carla's great-grandmother.

• An old woman who was the family's nursemaid.

• Anita's older sister.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Anita's last name is 

• Mancini
• Mirabal
• Garcia
• De La Torre

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

The men who come to occupy the compound are part of the

• MIB
• SIA
• SIM
• MIA

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Anita hears her father on the phone talking about the 

• ants
• wasps
• butterflies
• moths

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1