Crawdads Ch. 1-6 Quiz

What does the following quote (and information from Chapter 1) tell the reader about Kya: "Other mornings Ma spoke about adult things Kya didn't understand, but she figured Ma's words needed somewhere to go, so she absorbed them through her skin, as she poked more wood in the cookstove. Nodding like she knew" (9).

• She is obedient to her parents

• She had a close bond with her Ma

• She was always willing to listen to someone who needed it

• She completed her share of chores in the morning

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the following quote show about Pa: "he had two settings: silence and shouting" (9)?

• He was a cut & dry type of person

• Pa was abusive

• Pa didn't like to talk too much

• Pa wasn't scared to voice his opinions

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is the last sibling to leave the shack?

• Murphy

• Missy

• Mandy

• Jodie

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the following quote show about Kya:

'Never run in town or people'll think you stole something.' But as soon as Kya reached the sandy track, she ran a good half mile. Then speed-walked the rest" (19)?

• She felt uncomfortable and scared in town

• She stole from the Piggly Wiggly to feed herself and Pa

• She was defiant and didn't want to listen to adults

• She was scared of the lady in the Piggly Wiggly

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Describe the crime scene of Chase Andrews. Use specific details from your reading.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.2B

What can be inferred from the following quote: "The sun, warm as a blanket, wrapped Kya's shoulders, coaxing her deeper into the marsh. Sometimes she heard night-sounds she didn't know or jumped from lightning too close, but whenever she stumbled, it was the land that caught her" (34)?

• Kya had to depend on herself to survive

• Kya still got scared being alone in the marsh

• Kya loved being outside in the marsh

• Kya found comfort and stability in the marsh

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How can Chase be characterized based on the following quote: "'C'mon, Ed. Ya know how Chase was. Tom-cattin', ruttin' 'round like a penned bull let out. 'Fore he was married, after he was married, with single girls, married women...'" (38)?

• He was a lying cheat

• He was dedicated to all his relationships

• He had a solid reputation with the town

• He was wild before he was married, but settled down

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is "the boy" Kya is referring to in the following quote: "For the first time since Jodie left, she breathed without pain; felt something other than the hurt. She needed this boat and that boy" (46)?

• Chase

• Tate

• Pa

• Murphy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Using the Thomas Moore poem Tate reads in Chapter 7, compare the subject of this poem to Kya: "...she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp,/ Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe./ And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, / and her paddle I soon shall hear;/ Long and loving our life shall be, / And I'll hide the main in a cypress tree, / When the footstep of death is near" (49).

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3