Snow: Julia Alvarez

In the opening sentence, to whom is the narrator referring when she says “Our”?

• herself and her classmates

• herself and her teacher

• herself and her family

• herself and the Sisters of Charity

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

According to the passage, this scene takes place when Yolanda is in what grade?

• kindergarten

• 1st

• 4th

• 6th

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

In paragraphs 1 and 2, words in italics are

• new words Yolanda was trying to learn in English

• words in a song Yolanda was singing

• words in the rosary

• words Yolanda’s mother couldn’t pronounce

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

During an air-raid drill, Yolanda and her classmates imagined:

• that the school burned down

• they got a snow day

• their hair falling out

• saying the rosary

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following happened last?

• Sister Zoe explained that Russian missiles were aimed at New York City

• President Kennedy explained that the U.S. might have to go to war with the Communists

• Yolanda and her family prayed for world peace

• there were air-raid drills at school

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which word is the closest in meaning to “ominous”:

• threatening

• disruptive

• melodic

• enormous

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What causes Yolanda to scream suddenly?

• seeing what she thought was radioactive fallout

• touching bits and pieces of a mushroom

• hearing a nuclear bomb

• seeing a flurry of chalk-marks

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Yolanda most likely came from a country:

• where the kids did not go to school

• where there had been a nuclear war

• where the climate was tropical

• where it sometimes snowed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

At the end of the passage, Sister Zoe describes snowflakes for Yolanda. What was she saying about Yolanda and snowflakes?

• that Yolanda needed to get used to the idea of living in America

• that Yolanda is also beautiful and irreplaceable

• that Yolanda is melodramatic

• that Yolanda is a very funny student

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the author’s main purpose in writing this passage?

• to help the reader see life from someone else’s perspective

• to caution the reader about the dangers of nuclear war

• to portray life in the Catholic schools of New York City

• to show the reader how hard it is to learn another language

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6