The Singing Women

What effect does the repetition of "once a month" and "empty" in paragraph 1 have on the mood?

• It conveys the boring lives of the old women.

• It describes the contentment the three women feel.

• It emphasizes how depressing the environment has become.

• It highlights the idea that the composer is in unfamiliar territory.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the meaning of barricades in paragraph 1?

• trails

• holes

• obstacles

• valleys

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the tone in this sentence from paragraph 1.

"Three old women still tended gardens and made soup and dusted—once a month—the trinkets of those killed."

• Formal due to the elevated diction

• Hateful due to the lack of emotion

• Imaginative due to the use of vivid images and figurative language

• Empathetic due to the use of specific details and short clauses

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

What does this sentence from paragraph 1 suggest?

"Once a month, they spoke the names of the dead."

• The three women have conversations with ghosts.

• The three women pay their respects to those who died.

• The three women have a hard time letting go of the past.

• The three women feel guilty for the lives that were lost.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which TWO ideas can be inferred at the end of the short story?

• "The songs live on."

• "The three women are killed."

• "The dictator kills the composer."

• "The composer is related to the dictator. "

• "The three women flee the village."

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which TWO reasons explain why the setting is important to the plot?

• It is a site that was always ruled by dictators.

• It is a site that was always inhabited by ghosts.

• It is where a great tragedy took place.

• It is where the three women’s barricades prevented visitors.

• It is where the composer’s culture originated from.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the meaning of dialect in paragraph 2?

• code

• story

• lyrics

• language

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4