Montreal 1962

The title informs the reader of the story's setting. Montreal is a city in what country?

• The United States

• France

• Canada

• Pakistan

• India

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What connection does the narrator draw between the turbans and her family?

• Being required to wash the turbans makes the narrator angry that women in her family are required to do housework.

• Washing and folding the turbans makes the narrator realize that the memories of her family are slipping away.

• Going through the process of washing the turbans makes the narrator realize that it is a family tradition that she never fully understood.

• Washing and wearing the turban makes the narrator think about her family’s traditions and the future of her family.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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The narrator's husband is expected to...

• change himself to get a job.

• leave the country they've moved to.

• must learn how to speak perfect English.

• work seven days a week for half pay.

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Why does the narrator wash the sari and turbans herself?

• The dry cleaner refused to take them.

• She has to do all the housework.

• Husband prefers that she wash them all by hand.

• The dry cleaner did not handle the sari with respect.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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Washing the turbans make the narrator think about ...

• returning to Dehli.

• where she is from and her family.

• throwing the turbans out.

• getting her husband new turbans.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the narrator decide after washing and tying the turban?

• She is going to cut her husband's hair.

• She will make a compromise to fit in.

• She won't let her husband change himself in this new country.

• She will not tell her children about these struggles.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does this story teach us about the challenges of moving to a new place? Consider what the narrator realizes as she washes the turbans and other stories you have read about immigrants.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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