Soap and Water

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English
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9th - 10th Grade
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Jaylah Boulton
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is a theme of the passage?
Hard work is essential to building a strong character.
Appearances convey information about people’s personalities.
Opinions based solely on appearance often prove false.
Education opens doors to opportunities that would otherwise be closed.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which quotation supports the inference that the narrator is different than Miss Whiteside perceives?
“She told me that I was utterly unmindful of the little niceties of the well-groomed lady.” (paragraph 2)
“When I had to say something to her, I mumbled and stuttered, and grew red and white in the face with fear.” (paragraph 3)
“She did not see how I longed for beauty and cleanliness.” (paragraph 5)
“I didn’t care for myself, nor the dean, nor the whole laundered world.” (paragraph 7)
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from paragraph 7.
I was too frenzied to know what I said or did. But I saw clean, immaculate, spotless Miss Whiteside shrivel and tremble and cower before me, as I had shriveled and trembled and cowered before her for so many years.What can be inferred from the excerpt?
Miss Whiteside is apologetic and remorseful for how she has treated the narrator.
Miss Whiteside is concerned and worried that the narrator will not accept her apology.
Miss Whiteside is furious and exasperated with the narrator’s sudden disrespect
Miss Whiteside is afraid and upset by the narrator’s angry response.
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Part A
Which is a theme of the passage?
Hard work is essential to building a strong character.
Appearances convey information about people’s personalities.
Opinions based solely on appearance often prove false.
Education opens doors to opportunities that would otherwise be closed.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Part B
Which quotation from the passage supports the answer in Part A?
“Miss Whiteside, the dean of our college, withheld my diploma. When I came to her office, and asked her why she did not pass me, she said that she could not recommend me as a teacher because of my personal appearance.” (paragraph 1)
“She never looked into my eyes. She never perceived that I had a soul. She did not see how I longed for beauty and cleanliness.” (paragraph 5)
“But I, after college hours, had only time to bolt a soggy meal, and rush back to the grind of the laundry till eleven at night.” (paragraph 12)
“For six years I went about nursing the illusion that college was a place where I should find self-expression, and vague, pent-up feelings could live as thoughts and grow as ideas.” (paragraph 19)
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Based on the context of paragraph 3, what does diffident mean?
angry
disinterested
envious
shy
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the sentence from paragraph 8.
Or can it be that in my outburst of fury, at the climax of indignities that I had suffered, the barriers broke, and she saw into the world below from where I came?What does indignities mean?
humiliations
inconveniences
pressures
punishments
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
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