White Bird pages 1-16

Julian video calls Grandmere because

• he misses her and wants to plan his next visit

• he wanted to update her about his new school

• he is trying to avoid doing his homework

• he wants to interview her for an essay he has to write

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Grandmere says, "We are not defined by our mistakes...but by what we do after we have learned from them." (4) She says this because

• she wants Julian to forget what he did nd move on..

• she does not want Julian to be too hard on himself.

• she wants Julian to improve his behavior in the future.

• she knows Julian does not have a kind heart.

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At first Grandmere is reluctant to tell her story but changes her mind for all of the reasons except

• it was hard for her to talk about.

• Julian's generation needs to know.

• she is no longer impacted by her past.

• she held onto the light for years and needs to share it with others.

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Julian feels badly about being in a new school because

• he failed too many classes and is repeating the grade.

• he regrets the mistakes he made at his last school.

• he needed to escape his tormentors.

• he does not have any friends

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Why did Palacio's main character open chapter one with "Once upon a time"(12)?

• The story about to be told was not true.

• The character's early life was like a fairytale.

• The story was only a dream.

• The character was trying to cast a spell on the reader.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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The main character's name is

• Sara Rose

• Sara Maxwell

• Sara Blum

• Sara Mernuit

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George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" on the first page of the prologue. Why did R.J. Palacio use this quote at the beginning of the prologue?

• Palacio was trying to warn readers not to make mistakes.

• Palacio wanted to set the reader up for the topic of her book.

• Palacio was reminding readers of the need to learn from the mistakes of others.

• Palacio was explaining the meaning of the prologue.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

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Check all that apply

Sara's parents were

• Rose and Max

• a surgeon and math teacher

• kind and loving

• self-centered and stingy

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Sara liked all of the following except

• playing the piano

• math class

• drawing

• bluebells

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May was a wonderful time in the Mernuit forest because

• the wolves went away

• birds infested woods

• bluebells bloomed

• the snow disappeared

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