Home of the Brave Part 1

Kek uses the term "magic water pot" to refer to the:

• Toilet

• Pot used for boiling water

• Sink

• Well

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What character traits does the author show in Kek?

• Curious

• Kind

• Brave

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"The man gives me a fat shirt and soft things like hands..." Knowing that it is winter in Minnesota, what are the "fat shirt and soft things like hands"

• A large shirt and a baseball glove

• A winter coat and gloves

• Decorations for a snowman

• Ski pants and boots

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

How did Kek feel when he first arrived in America?

• He was excited.

• He was nervous.

• He was sad.

• He was curious.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Who is Ganwar to Kek?

• His brother.

• His cousin.

• His uncle.

• His sister.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What happened to Kek's father and brother?

• They were killed.

• They are lost.

• They disappeared.

• They are still at the refuge camp.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is the helping man that brings Kek to his family members in Minnesota?

• Dave

• Ganwar

• Laul

• Dak

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Kek describes Dave's beard as being, "the color of clouds before the rain." What color is Kek describing?

• Yellow

• Gray

• White

• Blue

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Back in Africa, a cow means _______? "They are our reason to rise with the sun, to move with the rains, to rest with the stars. They are the way we know our place in the world."

• Money

• Food

• Life

• Friendship

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Kek says that when he looks at Nyatal, "I see my mother's eyes looking back at me." Who is Nyatal?

• Kek's sister

• Kek's aunt

• A woman from Kek's village back in Africa

• Kek's cousin

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6