
The Book of the Dead
Authored by Jeanne Orallo
English
10th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of Annie and her father's trip to Florida?
to deliver a piece of Annie's artwork to a buyer
to meet her father's hero, a Haitian television star
to give her father a chance to tell Annie the truth
to take a much-needed vacation from city life
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What happens while Annie's father is missing?
Local police search frantically for him.
Annie's mother calls her to reassure her.
He throws Annie's sculpture into a lake.
He sneaks off to visit the Fonteneaus.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.1
CCSS.RI.11-12.1
CCSS.RI.8.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What does Annie learn about her father?
that he has never really respected her art
that he tricked her mother into marrying him
that he wishes she were a better daughter, more like Gabrielle
that he was a part of the Haitian dictatorship, not a victim of it
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CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which two sentences describe why Haitians are like Egyptians, according to the narrator's father in paragraph 58?
58 “The Egyptians, they was like us,” he likes to say. The Egyptians worshiped their gods in many forms and were often ruled by foreigners. The pharaohs were like the dictators he had fled. But what he admires most about the Egyptians is the way they mourned.
They worshiped many gods.
They were ruled by foreigners.
They had a book about death.
They mummified their dead.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What does the oxymoron lovingly scolding reveal about the parents' relationship?
Even though Annie thinks her parents' relationship is strong, she's afraid they might separate.
Even though Annie's parents don't always approve of each other's actions, they still care about each other.
Even though Annie's father listens to her mother, he resents the way she speaks to him.
Even though Annie's mother is on the phone, it feels like she's in the room with them.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does the historical context of the story develop the father's point of view about himself?
He suffered torture in a dictator's prison in Haiti, so he thinks he should be treated as a victim.
He suffered torture in a dictator's prison in Haiti, so he thinks he must forget his past.
He worked for Haiti's dictator as a prison guard, so he thinks he must go to prison himself.
He worked for Haiti's dictator as a prison guard, so he thinks he does not deserve honor.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read this sentence from paragraph 142.
“Those who give the blows may try to forget, but those who carry the scars
must remember.”
What meaning does the proverb have in the story?
The father is marked forever by the wrong he has done.
Everyone involved in a dictatorship winds up scarred by it.
Children never forget the wrongs done to them by their parents.
Annie and her father will always carry the shame of having insulted Gabrielle and her family.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.2
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