The Color of Water Ch. 1 - 5 Quiz

James' mothers name is ...

• Ruchel Dwajra Zylksa

• Ruth McBride

• Rachel Shilsky

• All of the above

How does Ruth describe her father?

• True as the north

• Hard as a rock

• Gentle as a lamb

• Clever as a fox

What does it mean when James' mother says about her family, "I been dead to them for fifty years."?

• This means that her family died fifty years earlier.

• This means that her family disowned her fifty years ago.

• This mean that she disowned her family fifty years ago.

• This means that her family thinks that she died fifty years ago.

What religious faith did Ruth's family practice?

• Orthodox Judiasm

• Buhddism

• Islam

• Christianity

Why did Tateh marry Mameh?

• TO GET A TICKET TO AMERICA

• Because he loved HER

• TO SETTLE DOWN AND HAVE CHILDREN

• BECAUSE HE FELT SORRY FOR HER CRIPPLED CONDITION

What two things did Ruth emphasize to her children?

• CHURCH AND SUCCESS

• LOVE AND SUCCESS

• SCHOOL AND CHURCH

• SCHOOL AND SUCCESS

James's maternal grandparents (his mother's parents)

• had an arranged marriage.

• immigrated from Poland in the early 1920's.

• were Orthodox Jews.

• All of the above.

Match the following

• to become less quiet, less active, or less violent

• subsided

• acting disinterested or having a casual lack of concern

• infallible

• someone who does not make errors

• intently

• having one’s attention focused or fixed on something

• nonchalance

Match the following

• money or goods a wife brings to a marriage

• motley

• someone who feels uncomfortable in tight spaces

• claustrophobic

• uncared for or neglected

• dowry

• a mixture of different parts, colors, or people

• unkempt

Janice prefers to take the stairs because she feels ______________ in elevators.