Home of the Brave Post Test

Walking through the snow is hard work, like wading across a river wild with rain is an example of what type of figurative language?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• imagery

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following excerpt from the novel most supports the idea that Ganwar is angry and bitter?

• Ganwar stares at me. Always, his eyes seem to know more than I will ever know.

• You laugh like your brother, Ganwar says. His grin is gone.

• They’re all gone, Kek. They’re all dead, says Ganwar.

• Ganwar mutters, I didn’t come to this country to sweep floors.

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What can you infer from the following quote about Ganwar?

"He stumbles a little when he crosses the room, and he carries the bitter smell of smoke."

• Ganwar just woke up from a deep sleep.

• Ganwar was coming down with a cold.

• Ganwar had been out drinking and smoking with his friends.

• Ganwar had just been arrested by the police.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

Ganwar’s scar is called _______________.

• gol

• six lines

• gaar

• none of the above

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following quotes does not imply that Hannah can relate to Kek?

• “ I kind of know what it is like to not know things.”

• “Sorry. It’s a dump. I know.”

• “Things will get easier.”

• “My mom’s in rehab, and my dad… well he hasn’t been around since I was a baby.”

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Kek cries the first time he visits a grocery store because

• there is so much food that he is overwhelmed

• the bright colors and lights are blinding

• he can’t understand why there is so much food here when people from home are dying from starvation.

• he is so happy to finally be acting like an American

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Gol, Kek, and Ganwar are similar because

• they all have to adjust to a new home

• they are all from Sudan

• they all have to face the fact that life is horrible

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

Ganwar says, “It doesn’t take a knife in the hand of village elder for you to prove yourself.” He most likely says this to Kek because

• He wants Kek to understand that you can receive a gaar with other types of weapons.

• He is admitting to Kek that his gaar was gotten in a different manner.

• He wants Kek to understand that bravery can be exhibited in more ways than one.

• He wants Kek to understand that he must become a man eventually.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

“The icy air kicks at my chest” and “only the snow talks” are examples of what type of figurative language?

• idiom

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

“The stories would lift me up, the words like a breeze beneath butterfly wings…” is a combination of which two types of figurative language?

• metaphor and simile

• simile and idiom

• personification and hyperbole

• personification and simile

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4