"The Day of the Turtle" Selection Quiz

Laura goes to the beach that day, because

• she wants to take a swim.

• she is going fishing.

• September is a good time for finding big turtles.

• her father asked her to collect driftwood after the storm.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The turtle's face reminds Laura of

• a newborn baby, wizened and wrinkled.

• the old trees in the forest, all green and brown.

• a two-hundred-year-old man, wizened, wrinkled, and wise.

• the picture of an alien she has seen in a comic book.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Laura gets the turtle right side up

• by driving a broken spar underneath him and using it as a lever.

• with a snow shovel, a wheelbarrow, and a box of chocolates.

• by tying a chain around him and giving him a good tug.

• by promising him 200 blue jellyfish, if he'll just turn over.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

On September 9th, Laura writes in her diary that

• she'd lain awake most of the night.

• she had stayed up late talking to her family.

• she had tossed and turned all night.

• her dreams that night were scary.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Laura does so may things to help the turtle, but she doesn't realize that

• he's so worried about being made into soup, he can't move.

• the turtle is a she not a he, and wants to be balled, "miss."

• he would have preferred a nice wool blanket to seaweed.

• he needs food for energy.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

We realize how special Granny May is, when she says

• "Home is where the heart is."

• "Too many cooks spoil the turtle broth."

• "Roofs mend easily. Hope is a little harder."

• "All's well that end's well."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The mood of The Day of the Turtle is strong because the story is

• a true story.

• written in the form of a diary.

• a series of interviews with people who actually lived.

• a play.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The mood or atmosphere of a story is

• the lines the characters are given to speak.

• the same as the setting.

• the emotion or feeling of the piece.

• all of the above.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In The Day of the Turtle, we see that

• sometimes people need to see good things happen more than they need to eat.

• leatherback turtles prefer blue jellyfish to shrimp.

• a leatherback turtle is huge.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

The Day of the Turtle reminds us that

• there are people in our lives who care about what we really need.

• turtles are threatened all over the globe.

• if you live on an island, the roof of your house can be blown off.

• we should stay away from the beach in early September.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2