Words in the Dust

• The colorful birds chirping in the morning ................ the start of a new day.

• • heralded

• glimmered

• wretched

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The main characters of the story are ....................................

• Zulaikha & Meena

• Zulaikha & Khalid

• The Russians & the Taliban

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The story was told in the ............... person point of view.

• first

• second

• third

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Zulaikha is described as ......................

• impulsive

• brave

• coward

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Meena used to be ...............

• a singer

• a tailor

• a professor of literature

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Zulaikha & Meena .............

• live together in a tiny apartment.

• lost their loved ones in the war.

• love books & poetry.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Students are ........... to talk during exams

• wretched

• glimmered

• banned

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Meena saved Zulaikha because ....................

• Zulaikha is orphan.

• Meena is a friend of Zulaikha's mother

• Zulaikha was one of Meena's students.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

• Despite Bill’s ................ childhood, he grew up to be a successful man.

• • wretched

• glimmered

• arc

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A far away star.............. in the sky.

• banned

• wretched

• glimmered

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4