The Sound of Silence

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.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

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

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

• was in the bath

• swam underwater

• wore earplugs

• sat in his closet

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where does Yoshio live?

• China

• America

• Japan

• Africa

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What city does Yoshio journey through the hustle and bustle to find the most beautiful sound of all.

• Fresno

• Los Angeles

• Kyoto

• Tokyo

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

How do you think Yoshio felt when he finally found the silence?

• aggravated

• peaceful

• melancholy

• ecstatic

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Ma is the Japanese word for ​________.

• happiness

• peaceful

• mother

• silence

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E