Jumbies chapter 17

What does La Diabless mean?

Use the context clues on page 94.

• The Green Woman

• The Jumbie Woman

• The Devil Woman

• The Witch Woman

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does Dru think Severine is La Diabless?

• Because she hides her feet.

• Because she was a terrible cook.

• Because she is a witch.

• Because she lives in the woods.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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What is the reason Dru says La Diabless would hide her feet?

• Because they face backwards.

• Because they have one cow hoof.

• Because they smell bad.

• Because they don't have any feet.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What does Dru tell Corrine that La Diabless does to men?

(page 94)

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who do Dru and Corrine think can help them?

• Severine

• Dru's mother

• Pierre

• The witch

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does the word shrieked mean?

Use context clues on page 97.

• screamed

• whispered

• said

• burped

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Why doesn't the witch want to help them?

• She's busy

• she doesn't believe them about Severine

• she thinks it's too late

• she doesn't believe in jumbies

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

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On page 97, Corrine said: "I didn't trouble trouble. Trouble came troubling me." What was the piece of advice from earlier in the book that she was referring to.

• "Trouble is as trouble does."

• "Trouble me once, shame on you. Trouble me twice, you can't get troubled again."

• "Life is like a box of troubles. You never know what you're gonna get."

• "If you don't trouble trouble, trouble won't trouble you."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do the girls pay the witch with?

• An orange

• a scorpion

• a magic potion

• five dollars

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CCSS.RL.3.10

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How do you think Corrine feels when she sees that her dad never went out in his fishing boat that day?

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3