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The Sound of Silence

Authored by Jessica Blake

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

The Sound of Silence
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Yoshio tell the koto player?

  • A. His grandfather had made a koto for him.

  • B. He wanted to learn how to play the koto.

  • C. He was taking violin lessons but wasn't good at it.

  • D. He'd never heard a sound like the notes of the koto.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Yoshio went to the quietest place he knew. What was it?

  • A. the healing garden at the temple

  • B. his secret treehouse in the woods

  • C. the bamboo grove near the playground

  • D. his grandmother's house

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.4.4C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Yoshio could not find silence anywhere, even when he ​ ________.

was in the bath

swam underwater

wore earplugs

sat in his closet

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Yoshio forgot where he was as he ​_________.

watched a butterfly emerge from its cocoon

gazed up at the snow-covered mountains

read a story he loved in the empty classroom

listened to koto music on his headphones

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Yoshio discover about silence?

It was between and underneath every sound.

It sneaked in at night when everyone was sound asleep.

It whispered, "takeh-takeh," like the sounds of bamboo stalks.

It sounded like his own breathing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Simu Liu who read the book on Storyline Online, he said that silence is the perfect environment through which we can ​ _______.

learn

play video games

destress

meditate

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does Yoshio live?

China

America

Japan

Africa

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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