A Chair for My Mother Comprehension

What does the word spoiled mean in this sentence from A Chair for My Mother? But everything else in our whole house was spoiled.

• clean

• ruined

• pretty

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

In the story A Chair for My Mother the girl and mom saved __________ in a jar.

• dollars

• stickers

• coins

• erasers

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What did they think was the most important thing to buy?

• a new couch

• a new table

• a new chair

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What does the narrator do with the coins earned ?

• She spends them on ice-cream

• She saves them to buy her favourite toy

• She saves them to buy a chair for her mother

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why did the narrator's mother bring the biggest jar she could find at the diner ?

• It was to save up for a new home

• It was to save up for rent

• It was to save up for a chair

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What is the main theme of the story *A Chair for My Mother*?

• A) Friendship

• B) Hard work and saving

• C) Adventure

• D) Mystery

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

In *A Chair for My Mother*, what event caused the family to start saving money?

• A) A vacation

• B) A fire

• C) A wedding

• D) A birthday

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What does the word __comprehension__ mean in the context of reading?

• A) Understanding

• B) Skipping

• C) Ignoring

• D) Memorizing

Tags

CCSS.RF 4.3.A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.4C

Which character in *A Chair for My Mother* is primarily responsible for saving the money?

• A) The grandmother

• B) The mother

• C) The narrator

• D) The father

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What literary device is used when the author describes the jar as 'the biggest jar'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Hyperbole

• D) Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5