If You Come Softly Ch 1-11

Match the narrative perspectives

• Jeremiah's point of view

• First person

• The story is a memory

• Third Person

• Ellie's point of view

• Past tense

Match the correct setting with the character

• Both Ellie and Jeremiah

• Goes to Percy Academy

• Ellie

• Lives in Brooklyn

• Jeremiah

• Lives in Manhattan

Which of the following lines from the text best demonstrates the idea of othering?

• “Everything felt hot and tight. I wanted to be upstairs alone in my room, with the door closed. I didn’t want this— to talk about this– this thing nobody ever said a word about.”(27)
• “He wondered where that stuff went to, where love went to, how a person could just love somebody one day and boom– the next day love somebody else.”(40)
• “Jerimiah looked over at his father’s window knowing he’d have to sleep there tonight. It’d been a week since he’d stayed with him.” (83)
• “‘They’re so.. So stiff around us–they’re not like my mama. You know how she is–she’s cool. I don’t feel like they’re my people–I never really did even though I know they are…’”(87)

Read the following lines from the story. What traits are revealed about Ellie’s character in these lines?

• She is selfish
• She is thoughtful
• She is obsessive
• She is fearful

How do we know that Jeremiah is a struggling and conflicted character? Pick all that apply

• He is torn between his divorced parents.

• He wished he had a brother or a sister.

• He feels he has no one to relieve the pressure he gets from his parents

• He is happy an optimistic

Which of the following describe conflicts in the novel? Select all that apply

• Jeremiah is struggling with his parents’ divorce
• Ellie lives with fear that her mother would abandon her again
• Ellie and Jeremiah feel people look at them differently and they are worried about being together freely
• Jeremiah and Ellie are told by their parents that they are not allowed to be together

How do we know that Ellie and her mom have a turbulent relationship? Pick all that apply

• Ellie feels she cannot talk to her mom about the boy she met

• Ellie calls her mom by her first name instead of "mom"

• Marion left her family before.

• Ellie's mom sends Ellie to private school

Which of the following best descriptions best represents a theme of the novel?

• the power of friendship
• the challenge of loving someone outside of your own group
• the internal struggle of holding on to wealth
• the ability to do anything if you just believe

What is the relationship between Jeremiah and his mom like?

• Jeremiah hates his mom.

• Jeremiah feels jealous of his mom.

• Jeremiah feels like his mom understands him.

• Jeremiah feels like his mom hates him.

Which of the following topics does not connect to the main idea of the story?

• Family
• Race
• Belonging
• Wealth