"So What Are You Anyway?" Quiz

What conflicts do we see in "So What Are You Anyway?"

• Man v. Self

• Man v. Nature

• Man v. Man

• Man v. Society

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Who is the protagonist in the story?

• Henry Norton

• The Stewardess

• Carole

• Betty Norton

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Internal and external conflicts are present in the story.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When Henry Norton asks Carole "What, are you, anyway?", he is asking her:

• How old she is

• What type of student she is

• What race she is

• What gender she is

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Carole carries a doll in one hand and a purse in the other. This symbolizes:

• Her desire to be an adult

• Her concern for her appearance

• Being a member of 2 races

• Being caught between the 2 worlds of adulthood and childhood

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Carole is said to have a complexion that is "milk milk milk milk chocolate." This likely means that

• She is a preteen

• She is mixed race

• She is a very light skinned white girl

• She stays out of the sun

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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

Carole's parents have not put much emphasis on race. Which line from the story best supports this claim?

• "'It's not fair to them. They're not one thing nor the other.'"

• Carole's mouth drops. Race? What is that?

• "'Travelling a alone, are you?'"

• "'What are you anyway?'"

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

The setting of the story is symbolic of

• freedom

• confinement

• racism

• education

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The airplane symbolizes

• an inability to escape

• childhood innocence

• freedom

• travelling

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Henry Norton comments that he has never seen a black doll. This detail best demonstrates which character trait:

• Accepting

• Open-minded

• Ignorant

• Flexible

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3