Excerpt from "When"

What is the setting at the beginning of the excerpt?

• At the main character's house

• At school playing show and tell

• At a warehouse where her father works

• At the police station

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The relationship between the main character and her dad can be described as...

• Difficult

• Loving

• Unhealthy

• Worrisome

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

After the reading the entire excerpt, why is the memory bittersweet?

• The girl and her daughter are at a table eating a delicious breakfast.

• The girl loves her dad, but is worried for her mother.

• The girl likes the memory of her father, but is sad that she could not save him.

• The girl is sweet as a child, but turns angry at the end.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

"Small black gravestones against a pale white landscape."

Why might the author include this line?

• The setting is at a gravestone where the girl pays respect to her father.

• The author wants to give a vivid description of the memory.

• The girl is having a bad dream.

• The author uses words that foreshadow the meaning of the numbers and her father's fate.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

"He’d driven so fast down the streets, and I could feel the whole car vibrating with fear. "

This figurative language using personification creates a mood of....

• Excitement

• Panic

• Joy

• Anger

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the main character's internal conflict?

• She feels guilty for not being able to save her father or others.

• She worries her mother will be next.

• She must decide if she wants to keep the gift of knowing when people will die or not.

• She was upset at her teacher for making her present during show and tell.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3