"Unusual Normality" - Author's POV, Tone & Juxtaposition
Authored by Patrick D'Andrea
English
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
2. Which of the following quotations from the text best reveals the author’s reason for staying silent about his life in Africa?
“to live with a mother who was willing to take me into her life when most people at the time were afraid of somebody like me” (Paragraph 8)
“Thus began my two years of high school and making other teenagers confused about who I was.” (Paragraph 21)
The reason I spoke like this was because of my British-African English that I’d learned, which was the only formal English that I knew.” (Paragraph 28)
“I wanted to explain certain things, but I felt that if they knew about my background, they would no longer allow me to be a child.” (Paragraph 91)
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following lines best show how Beah juxtaposes his normality with that of those who haven't experienced war?
You know: How come you’re so good? You’re sure you’ve never played paintball before?
So I listened to them, and we hung out all the time, and through that I participated in what was left of my childhood.
When I walked with them, I observed that I paid more attention to the people who walked past us — how the person walked, which way they were coming from. I didn’t take the same route twice, because I didn’t want to develop a predictable path. These were all habits that were formed from my experiences, but I noticed that my new friends didn’t do that at all.
And so I would hide. I would wait for them. I would climb a tree here, I would hide under certain shrubs. And they would come rolling around, jumping, doing all kinds of things, things they’d probably seen in movies about how people act in war.
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What do paragraphs 91-92 reveal about the author’s opinion of remaining silent?
"I so wanted to talk to them about the war while we were playing the game. I wanted to explain certain things, but I felt that if they knew about my background, they would no longer allow me to be a child. They would see me as an adult, and I was worried that they would fear me.
My silence allowed me to experience things, to participate in my childhood, to do things I hadn’t been able to do as a child."
It gives him the opportunity to have a normal childhood.
It gives him the opportunity to learn if a person is safe or unsafe.
It gives him an opportunity to process the shame he feels about being a child soldier.
It gives him an opportunity to watch other teenagers and learn how to be an American teenager.
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CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following quotes best supports Beah’s belief that his classmates are naive?
“These kids had a sort of idea of violence that they’d never really live.” (Paragraph 40)
“They were like, ‘no worries, our African brother. Anytime, anytime.’” (Paragraph 38)
“They had been to the Bronx. They had been to Bed-Stuy.” (Paragraph 34)
“I would come up with a watered-down version of another guerrilla tactic just to play with them.” (Paragraph 80)
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CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following quotations from the text best reveals the author’s reason for staying silent about his life in Africa?
“to live with a mother who was willing to take me into her life when most people at the time were afraid of somebody like me” (Paragraph 8)
“Thus began my two years of high school and making other teenagers confused about who I was.” (Paragraph 21)
“The reason I spoke like this was because of my British-African English that I’d learned, which was the only formal English that I knew.” (Paragraph 28)
“I wanted to explain certain things, but I felt that if they knew about my background, they would no longer allow me to be a child.” (Paragraph 91)
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The author’s traumatic past shaped his response to his new environment. Which of Beah’s following experiences in New York show that he still occasionally carried himself like a soldier?
1.When strangers walked by (Paragraph 41)
2.When the boys went rollerblading (Paragraph 45)
3.On a paintballing trip upstate (Paragraph 47-56)
4. In his meetings with school principals (Paragraph 12-18)
1 only
2,3,4 only
1 and 3 only
3 and 4 only
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CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where do Ishmael and his adoptive mother live?
Chicago
New York City
Los Angeles
Miami
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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