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Aunty Misery

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Aunty Misery
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How was the conflict resolved in the story?

Aunty Misery cut down her pear tree.

Aunty Misery Cursed anyone who climbed her tree.

Aunty Misery poisoned anyone who ate her pears.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does Aunty Misery’s first guest help her get rid of the second one?

The first guest hides her from Death.

The first guest sends away the second guest.

The first guest teaches her to be nice to strangers.

He grants Aunty Misery’s wish and allows her to outwit Death.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The conflict in " Aunty Misery" is between a human being and death, an inevitable consequence of having lived.

True

False

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Both Aunty Misery and Strawberries are -----

short stories

poems

autobiographies

folktales

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Aunty Misery asks her first visitor for help because ----

children are stealing her pears.

children want to climb her pear tree.

she wants help picking pears.

she wants new friends.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why does the sorcerer grant the old woman's wish in "Aunty Misery"?

He saw children stealing her fruit.

He pities her because she lives alone.

She gave him food and a place to sleep.

She helped him find his way through the woods.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The old woman captures Death in "Aunty Misery" because she

makes Death sick from eating pears from the tree

informs Death that there are children in the tree

persuades Death to leave and never come back

tells Death to climb her tree and he gets stuck

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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