A Waltz For Matilda - Chapter 7

What is this item of clothing called?

• trousers

• pantaloons

• petticoat

• cloth

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What type of broom was described as this picture?

• birch

• perch

• lurch

• barch

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What part of Matilda's body was described as a birch broom?

• her teeth

• her hair

• her nails

• her clothes

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Matilda was listening in to someone else's conversation. This is called ...

• ears dropping

• egg dropping

• bird dropping

• eavesdropping

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Flies clustered around her eyes, hunting for moisture.

This suggests ...

• Matilda was sleeping in the fly's home.

• the area was dirty.

• it was extremely hot.

• flies are in charge in Drinkwater.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What magic did they have to create such greenery in a dead land like this?

What does this line from the text suggest about the Chinese men?

• they knew how to get the best out of the land

• they were giving the vegetables special magic

• the Chinese men poisoned the other vegetables except theirs

• Chinese people can grow the best crops.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Even though Drinkwater was large, it was ​ (a)  

• ugly
• smelly
• dirty
• creepy
• filled with bogans

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Matilda was ​ (a)   that she couldn't go inside and see the Drinkwater's house.

• disappointed
• concerned
• frightened
• upset
• frustrated

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Is Matilda foolish to be following a man she barely knows?

• Absolutely

• Sort of

• Not really

• Not at all

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Matilda should turn back around and face the consequences of leaving her job and Mrs Dawson's home. True or false?

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3