Bee Season

What does paragraph 2 most reveal about Eliza?

• She has a strong imagination.

• She seldom misspells a word.

• She thinks her father knows best.

• She gets easily distracted.

How does the point of view most influence the tone of the story?

• The description of the contestants competing builds suspense.

• The references to unusual words add humor.

• Eliza's distant observations of her father develop conflict.

• Eliza's interior monologue creates a sense of strangeness.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which detail would be most important to include in a summary of the story?

• Eliza knows that difficult words follow easy words at spelling bees.

• Eliza gets a word that means a kind of fabric with a twill weave.

• Eliza empties her mind and sees the letters come up as images.

• Eliza is one of seventeen spellers in this round of the spelling bee.

What does paragraph 31 mainly reveal about Eliza?

• her patience

• her intelligence

• her confidence

• her enthusiasm

The ideas in paragraphs 22 and 26 mostly contribute to the reader's understanding of Eliza by revealing

• her inability to understand the judges

• her discomfort standing in front of the audience

• her concern about impressing her father

• her difficulty with spelling the assigned word correctly

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What quotation best expresses a central idea of the story?

• "She wants to win with a word so difficult her father will have to admit that he was wrong, that the letters are already guiding her." (p1)

• "Eliza finds herself bracing for the next blow, but none comes." (p10)

• "The judge's voice is ever neutral, revealing nothing." (p21)

• "Eliza wants to see herself through the judge's eyes." (p22)

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In paragraph 12, how does the description of the nightmare mainly affect the tone of the story?

• It suggests that Eliza doubts she will win the bee.

• It suggests that the bee seems unreal to Eliza.

• It suggests that Eliza is unwilling to compete in teh bee.

• It suggests that the bee is stressful for Eliza.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.4