Thirst GRA Reading Quiz

In what city does Minni and her family live?

• Mumbai

• Chennai

• Kolkata

• Lucknow

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What resource is limited where 

Minni lives?

• jobs

• water

• gold

• food

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What class does Minni win a scholarship for?

• soccer

• farming

• cooking

• computer class

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does Minni slip into the policemen’s bag at the tea shop?

• A photo of Pinky’s dad with the words 

  Water Thief

• Money

• A photo of Pinky with the words Water Thief

• Roti

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What’s a roti?

• A pudgy dog

• Indian flat bread usually in the 

  shape of a circle

• computer

• rice

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What does 

desalination mean?

• Cleaning water of germs

• Removing salt 

  from sea water

• Adding salt to water

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

They say water is life. What type of figurative language is this from "Thirst?"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I don’t know if I can 

twist Ram Uncle’s arm. What type of figurative language is this from "Thirst?"

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I curl my hand over the mouse, and an 

arrow dances all over 

the screen. What type of figurative language is this from "Thirst?"

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Minni’s best friend who loves dancing.

• Sanjay

• Minni

• Faiza

• Anita Maam

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3