The White Umbrella

Why does the narrator interrupt Mona in paragraph 30?

• She doesn't want Miss Crosman to bother their mom at home.

• She isn't sure where her mom is at the moment.

• She doesn't want her mom to come and meet Miss Crosman.

• She doesn't want Miss Crosman to know where their mom really is.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Why does the narrator tell Miss Crosman that her mother is a concert pianist?

• Her mother used to be a concert pianist.

• The narrator wants to be a concert pianist.

• She wants to impress Miss Crosman.

• The narrator's mother is as good as a concert pianist.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which of the following describes how the narrator feels when she gets to use the umbrella?

• She realizes it's not as amazing as she thought.

• She is amazed at how beautiful it is.

• She find it pretty, but not practical.

• She realizes it's not as good as her raincoat.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The narrator's sister (Mona)...

• is embarrassed that their mother must work.

• doesn't know that their mother works.

• is hurt that their mother forgot them.

• doesn't mind admitting that their mother is working.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does the umbrella first represent to the narrator in "The White Umbrella"?

• It represents her love for her own mother.

• It represents her love for Miss Crosman and how she wishes Miss Crosman were her mother.

• It represents her desire to be more like American girls.

• It represents her piano lessons.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What does the white umbrella come to represent to the narrator of “The White Umbrella” at the end of the story?

• 
  her guilt for feeling embarrassed about her mother
• Her desire to live as an American girl rather than as a Chinese girl
• Her desire to be friends with Eugenie Roberts
• Her sense that her mother's job means her mother is rejecting her

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why does the narrator wish that Miss Crosman was her mother?

• She has more in common with the narrator.

• She is never late to piano lessons

• She gives her something that she thinks her mother won't.

• She is always giving the narrator gifts.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why does the narrator in "The White Umbrella" lie about her mother?

• She is trying to impress Eugenie Roberts.
• She is playing a trick on Miss. Crosman
• She is embarrassed that her mother works
• She does not know she is lying; she really believes what she is saying.

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which of the following is true of theme?

• It is a universal message about life.

• It is a summary of the events in the story.

• It is a setting.

• It is a topic.

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following best describes a theme for "The White Umbrella"?

• When it rains, it pours.

• It is important to know what your parents do at work.

• Life can be difficult for immigrant families.

• True happiness isn't found in material things.

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CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9