Museum Indians

Which is an example of a metaphor used to describe her mother's braid?

• A snake coils in my mother's dresser drawer;

• glossy as sequins.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

"I am a little girl lifting a sleek black river into the light that streams through the kitchen window," is an example of

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

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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

When the author says "I am only half of her", she means that she

• is half the strong, proud woman her mother is.

• is half the size of her mother.

• is only half Native American.

• only has half of her mother's braid.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"...she rises against the sun like a skyscraper." Is an example of ____

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The simile "...she rises against the sun like a skyscraper.." reveal the narrator's views her mother as

• tall

• strong

• powerful

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following examples from the text reveals how the narrator sees herself in comparison to her mother.

• "I like to share her stories with other people, and chatter like a monkey when I am able to command adult attention."

• "I usually laugh after saying this, because I cannot imagine my mother being afraid of anything."

• "I will grow up believing that Chicago belongs to me, because it was given to me by my mother."

• "I am her small shadow and witness. I am the timid daughter who can rage only on paper."

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What text evidence supports the idea that visiting the Museum Indians a solemn experience?

• "I think of them as dead Indians."

• "Mom is sad to leave."

• "I don't know how this got out of the family,"

• "and we stand before the glass case as we would before a grave."

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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

The line from the text, "I am the timid daughter who can rage only on paper," reveals that the narrator. Choose two.

• speaks her mind.

• is easily angered.

• is quiet and shy.

• expresses her emotions through writing.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following examples from the text reveals the mother's outlook on life?

• "These were people like us,"

• So what's the use of worrying too hard or too long?

• "They had dreams and intrigues and problems with their teeth."

• And now, just look at them."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How are the mother and buffalo similar?

• They both feel at home in the city.

• They both belong in a museum.

• They are both survivors.

• Neither of them belong in the city.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3