My Mother Pieced Quilts

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English
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10th Grade
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Yulia Tsay
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6 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
1. The following passage from “My Mother Pieced Quilts” is written in the fill in the blank___________ tense, from fill in the blank___________ point of view.
A. present; first-person and third-person
B. present; third-person and second-person
C. past; second-person and first-person
D. past; third-person and first-person
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
2. Which of these lines best explains the relationship in the family?
the corpus christi noon when my father held your hand
sewn hard and taut to withstand the thrashings of twenty-five years
a five-point star from the somber black silk you wore to grandmother's funeral
in the evening you sat at your canvas —our cracked linoleum
floor the drawing board
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these sentences best summarizes the passage below (lines 33-39)?
oh mother you plunged me sobbing and laughing into our past into the river crossing at five into the spinach fields into the plainview cotton rows into tuberculosis wards into braids and muslin dresses sewn hard and taut to withstand the thrashings of twenty-five years
The mother worked a lot and did her best to take care of the family.
The family moved to the US twenty-five years ago and had a difficult life there.
The narrator feels sad the quilt colors are no longer as vibrant as they used to be.
The quilt serves as a family album of the happy and sad times.
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these lines from the poem best supports the correct answer to Question 3?
to shape a five-point star from thesomber black silk you wore to grandmother's funeral
sewn hard and taut to withstand the thrashings of twenty-five years
passed my hand across their cloth faces and began to wonder how you pieced
the corpus christi noon when my father held your hand
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the original purpose of the mother’s quilts? Why does the speaker find deeper meaning in them? Cite text evidence to support your answer.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.W.9-10.9
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
5 mins • 10 pts
What can you infer about the speaker’s relationship with her mother? Cite specific text evidence.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.1
CCSS.W.9-10.9
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