Thunder Rose

How do you know that Thunder Rose is a tall tale?

• It uses exaggerated language and larger than life characters.
• It takes place on a cattle ranch.
• It has cause/effect relationships.
• Thunder Rose is courageous and quick thinking.  

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What do you learn about Rose?

• She's not ordinary. She has special powers.
• She imagines being a super hero
• She loves to herd cows

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What was one effect of the lack of rain?

• the clouds caused heavy storms
• the steer wouldn't move, the were getting angry
• the desperadoes stole the bulls
• the land began to dry, so the bulls ran wild

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The author writes that "Rose woke up hungry as a bear in spring." What does this mean?

• Bears hibernate all winter, so they are very hungry in the spring. Rose must've felt hungry when she woke up.

• Bears hibernate all winter, so they want to grow a garden in the spring. Rose wanted to grow a garden of vegetables.

• Rose had hibernated all winter, and had woken up in the spring, just like a bear.

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What makes Rose's song mighty at the end of the story?

• Rose's song is mighty because it kills her enemies..

• Rose's song is mighty because it is a scary song.

• Rose's song is mighty because she feels confident when she beings to sing it.

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The story says that Rose was not the type of person to bow down under pressure. What does it mean to bow down under pressure?

• think carefully before acting

• ask for help when you need it

• give up when things get difficult

• blame others for your weaknesses

What does Rose do with the melody that her parents sang to her the night she was born?

• Rose cries and screams.

• Rose saves the melody in her heart to see what she could do one day.

• Rose loves the song, but soon forgets the words.

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The author writes that "Rose woke up hungry as a bear in spring." What does this mean?

• Bears hibernate all winter, so they are very hungry in the spring. Rose must've felt hungry when she woke up.

• Bears hibernate all winter, so they want to grow a garden in the spring. Rose wanted to grow a garden of vegetables.

• Rose had hibernated all winter, and had woken up in the spring, just like a bear.

The text says "She was as pretty as a picture, had the sweetest disposition, but don't let yourself be mislead, that child was full of lightning and thunder." Disposition is another word fro personality, or way of acting. What is the meaning of the word mislead?

• to follow someone

• to lead someone in the wrong direction or think the wrong way

• to run away from something

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When the author says "this wasn't the only thieving going on" what does she mean? What other thieving is going on besides the bandits trying to steal Rose's herd of cows?

• The gang of thieves tried to steal Rose's wagon, too.

• The gang of thieves tried to steal the clouds from the sky?

• Tater was drinking all of the water in town and causing a drought.

• The sun was drying up all of the water from the ground and causing a drought.

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