"Owl Moon" Quiz

What was the author's purpose for writing the story "Owl Moon"?

• To inform us with facts about how to go owling

• To entertain us with a story about a father and daughter who go owling together

• To persuade us that owling is the best winter activity

• To describe how boring owling is

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

What is the point of view of Owl Moon?

• First person

• Third person

• 2nd person

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What inference can you make about the child from the following quote:

"But I never called out. If you go owling you have to be quiet, that's what Pa always says. I had been waiting to go owling with pa for a long, long time."

• She is afraid she will get in trouble if she calls out.

• She doesn't like owling because she has to stay quiet.

• She has been looking forward to going owling with Pa and wants to be good at it.

• She is mad that Pa made her wait so long to go owling.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does the author say, "The snow below it was whiter than the milk in a cereal bowl"?

• To describe how the snow looked.

• To describe how the snow tasted.

• To describe how the snow felt.

• To describe how milk looks.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What does it mean to go "owling"?

• To pretend to be an owl by running around and flapping your arms while hooting loudly

• To set traps to try and capture an owl

• To compare and contrast different owls seen in nature

• To imitate an owl's hoot and wait quietly in hopes of spotting an owl

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

And when their voices faded away it was as quiet as a dream.

What sense does this line appeal to?

• sight

• smell

• sound

• touch

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

Why does Jane Yolen (the author) use sensory detail in Owl Moon?

• to make the reader go get milk

• to help the reader learn difficult words

• to make the reader thirsty

• to help the reader visualize the story

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

Which of the following shows visual imagery?

• The trees stood still as giant statues.

• Pa called back, "Whoo-whoo-who-whoooo".

• My mouth felt furry, for the scarf over it was wet and warm.

• Our feet crunched over the crisp snow.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

On the second to last page of the story, the narrator says, "I was a shadow as we walked home." What does this mean?

• She had turned into a shadow.

• She felt lonely and forgotten.

• She was silent and thoughtful.

• She was bored and unhappy.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

One theme, or message, of this story could be "learning to accept circumstances as they are" because ...

• "Sometimes you see an owl and sometimes you don't."

• "You have to be brave when you go owling."

• "When you go owling, you have to make your own heat."

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9