House Taken Over Comprehension Questions

What is the best description of the house the narrator and his sister live in?

• The house is old and falling apart. There is a large fissure running up the side.

• The house is wonderfully ornate and large. It has been passed down from generation to generation.

• The house is a mansion, but is haunted.

• The house is small and crowded. While it is important to he family, it is clear they need something larger.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the source of the sibling's income?

• They do not work becuase they recieve money from their family's farm.

• The narrator works each day and provides for his sister.

• The narrator and his sister have inherited a lot of money and do not work.

• The brother is in the military and the sister is a teacher.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

How do Irene and the narrator occupy their time?

• The brother builds model trains and reads. The sister cooks and cleans.

• Neither of the sibbligs do anything but walk around aimlessly it seems.

• The sibblings keep busy in several different activities like writing, reading, painting, and singing.

• The sibblings clean a lot, the sister knits, and the brother reads and organizes his father's old stamp collection

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What decision do Irene and the narrator make when they realize the back part of the house has been taken over?

• The sibblings decide to fight the people trying to taken over the house, but lose and die in the end.

• The sibblings decide to burn their house down.

• They occupy a small section in the front of the house and lock themselve sin there. They prepare dail meals.

• They run away never to be heard from again.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What happens to the brother and sister at the end of the story ?

• At the end, the sibblings are forced out of their home and they abandon it. THey also throw away the key so no one can enter the house.

• The sibblings watch their house burn down in the fire, and then leave never to be heard from again.

• The sibblings sell the hous eto an older man, but take nothing with them when they leave and are never heard from again.

• The sibblings both die at the end after being captured by the invaders.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1