"The Red Girl"

Which of the following character traits does the narrator apply to the Red Girl?

• A. She is a careful dresser

• B. She spends too much time on her hair

• C. She is unconcerned about her appearance

• She is always clean and neat.

All of the following traits are characteristic of the narrator EXCEPT...

• F. she envies the Red Girl's freedom

• G. she much prefers her own life to that of the Red Girl

• H. she obeys her mother

• J. she dresses neatly and wears clean shoes

From the narrator's vivid description of the Red Girl, you can infer that the narrator...

• A. is disgusted by the Red Girl

• B. wants to help the Red Girl

• C. longs to be more like the Red Girl

• D. doesn't want to be friends with the Red Girl

The narrator tells us directly how she feels about the Red Girl when she says--

• F. "She took a bath only once a week..."

• G. She didn't like to go to Sunday school..."

• "I was not allowed to play in the sun without a hat on my head."

• "Oh, what an angel she was, and what a heaven she lived in!"

In this passage from "The Red Girl," the narrator uses all of the following methods of characterization EXCEPT...

• A. stating character traits directly

• B. describing actions

• C. quoting speech

• D. describing appearance

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TEKS.ELA.E1.6A

TEKS.ELA.E2.6A

TEKS.ELA.E2.6D

TEKS.ELA.E3.6D

TEKS.ELA.E4.6D

Why do you think the narrator likes the Red Girl so much?

• She looks and acts differently.

• The narrator is jealous of the freedoms that the Red Girl has.

• The narrator wants to look like the Red Girl.

• The Red Girl gets to eat better food.