Soft Rain Ch 4: Planting Selu

What does "selu" mean?

• Squash

• Corn

• Hello

• Goodbye

What is "chungke?"

• A game

• A tool

• A toy

• A doll

What does the word "astonished" mean?

• worried / scared

• tired

• surprised / amazed

• disappointed

What does "protesting" mean?

• a disagreement or an objection against an idea

• preparing the land for a harvest

• agreeing to an idea

• supporting someone or something

Read the following sentence from page 19: "Soft Rain curled herself into a ball, pulling the blanket tightly over her head." What inference can you make about how she is feeling?

• happy

• cold

• excited

• scared

Read the following sentence from page 20: "Soft Rain fell into a restless sleep trying to untangle her confused thoughts." What does the word restless mean?

• comfortable

• unable to rest or relax

• resting and/or relaxing

• calm

Where does Soft Rain and Hawk Boy wash?

• the bath

• the shower

• the creek

• the lake

Which best describes Hawk Boy?

• smart and serious

• annoying and immature

• playful and fun

• wild and crazy

Father makes the holes while planting, what do Soft Rain and Hawk boy do?

• cover the holes

• make the holes with him

• place 5 kernels in each hole

• water the kernels in the holes

What did Soft Rain wake up to?

• the white settlers

• grandmother telling her a story

• Hawk Boy excited to go plant the selu

• father yelling about how they would not move west