She Unnamed Them Quiz

What can we infer about the setting of the story?

• It is set in the future

• It is set in Michigan City

• It is set under the sea

• It is set in the Garden of Eden

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

How did most of the animals feel about being unnamed?

• they did not mind at all

• most fought against the idea

• they never had names to begin with

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What genre is this story?

• western

• fantasy

• science fiction

• nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following is an allusion?

• But as soon as they understood that the issue was precisely one of individual choice...was perfectly free to do so

• The insects parted with their names in vast clouds and swarms of ephemeral syllables buzzing and stinging

• Unlike the ubiquitous creatures such as rats and fleas, who had been called by hundreds or thousands of different names since Babel

• and yet how close I felt to them when I saw one of them swim or fly or trot or crawl across my way or over my skin

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Point of View is the firs half of the story told?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the point of view of the second half of the story?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What evidence is given to show the point of view of the second half of the story?

• .As for the fish of the sea, their names dispersed from them in silence

• These verbally talented individuals insisted that their names were important

• One of my reasons for doing what I did was that talk was getting us nowhere

• MOST of them accepted namelessness with the perfect indifference

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Why did the narrator give Adam her name back?

• It was his name first

• the animals all agreed to give their names back, so she did too

• Adam wanted it back because he wanted to give it to someone else

• The name was evil

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The following words are an example of __________. "But thanks very much! It's really been very useful."

• point of view

• allusion

• setting

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The reader can infer that the narrator is going _______________ when she tell Adam "I'm going now. With the… " I hesitated, and finally said, "With them, you know," and went on out. "

• to live with the animals

• meet another man

• live in a volcano

• talk to God

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2