"A Quilt of a Country" Bonus Quiz

How is America like a quilt in A Quilt Of A Country?

• America is like a quilt made of many different places.

• America is like a quilt made of many different animals.

• America is like a quilt made of many pieces of fabric.

• America is like a quilt made of many different people.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

A Quilt Of A Country was written in response to what?

• 911

• Martin Luther King

• Rodney King

• 9/11

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When an author introduces an argument, they need to define, or _______________, the issues and ideas they will develop over the course of the text.

• describe

• diversity

• delineate

• decipher

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4

Discordant means...

• Conflicting or not harmonious.

• Different.

• Divergent.

• All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A counterargument is ....

• A similar opinion.

• An opposing viewpoint.

• A type of ethnicity.

• An opposing person.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

Authors can emphasize ideas with a __________ question that doesn’t expect answer.

• opinion

• argumentative

• True or false

• rhetorical

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.

• Mature

• Coexist

• Bemoan

• Individualism

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

• Ascendancy

• Apartheid

• Balkanized

• Incendiary

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

"A Quilt of a Country" is an example of what genre of writing?

• short story

• novel

• essay

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do we mean when we use the word "diversity?"

• a large crowd of spectators

• people from different backgrounds

• young people who join a club

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4