The Sound of Silence
Authored by Jessica Blake
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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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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