Unit 4 Week 2

Why does the author use the first-person point of view?

• to show what the narrator is thinking and feeling

• to show what is happening in two different time periods

• to describe exactly what is in the father’s painting

• to explain what other characters think about Miles

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which sentence from the text best

supports the answer to part A?

• “We had arrived home late from a trip to the countryside, and Father asked

  me to take our horse to the stable and feed him.”

• “When I did, my mother was sitting beside me, holding a cold compress to

  my forehead.”

• “The next day, Father set up his easel in my bedroom.”

• “I imagined myself there with my brothers, shouting and laughing.”

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

In paragraph 2, why does the boy’s mother “whisper fearfully” to his father?

• She is afraid his father is getting sick too.

• She is afraid her son will not stay in bed.

• She is afraid her son may not get well.

• She is afraid people will learn her son is sick.

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which word best

describes the narrator’s voice at the end of this story?

• grateful

• excited

• resentful

• angry

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Read this sentence from paragraph 7.

Finally, after several weeks, I rose like a phoenix from my bed.

How is the narrator like a phoenix?

• He is small and skinny.

• He is burning with fever.

• He sleeps for several days.

• He comes back to life.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What themes are supported by this text? Choose two answers.

• Using imagination can help a person heal.

• A person who is sick may take weeks to recover.

• Over time, things lose their popularity.

• Parents who care for sick children risk getting sick.

• A gift from someone else can hold memories for many years.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

It is the one that helped nurse me back to health, as beautiful as Venus herself.

Why does the narrator most likely compare the painting to Venus?

• The planet Venus shines through the window into his room.

• Venus is the most beautiful of all goddesses in Roman mythology.

• The painting is as valuable as a famous statue of Venus.

• Venus is the narrator’s mother’s name, and he is remembering her.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How does the narrator’s voice reveal the repetitive nature of his days?

• the most beautiful of all his paintings.

• every

  current in the river, and every inch of blue

• group

  of young boys playing ball by the river, swimming, and fishing

• And so the days

  passed. Finally, after several weeks

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What do readers learn about Miles from the narration of this story?

• He is a teenager who will never have scarlet fever again.

• He has become a famous painter of country river scenes.

• He is seventy years old and looking back at his childhood.

• He has many children and grandchildren who like to paint.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6