The Girl Who Silenced the World
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
7th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes” supports Suzuki’s argument that she is “losing [her] future”?
Coming here today, I have no hidden agenda.
Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market.
And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day – vanishing forever.
I'm only a child, yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read this excerpt from "The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.”
I'm only a child, yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers, what a wonderful place this earth would be!
Based on this excerpt, Suzuki most likely believes that
money spent on war is money well spent.
peace costs more than war and poverty.
more money would help solve the problem of poverty.
the Earth would be a perfect place without war.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes,” what is the most likely reason Suzuki speaks about herself as “only a child”?
to admit that although adults are older, they may not be wiser than she
to warn adults that she is going to offend them in her speech
to state that she is young; therefore, she has more answers than adults
to make sure that adults do not take her thoughts too seriously
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes.” In my country, we make so much waste, we buy and throw away, buy and throw away, and yet northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough, we are afraid to lose some of our wealth, afraid to share. According to Suzuki, people in northern countries do not share because
they prefer to waste their money.
they think sharing is only for the needy.
they buy a lot of material goods.
they are afraid to lose what they have.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes” is an opinion?
We are a group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds from Canada. . . .
We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles. . . .
I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad. . . .
Losing my future is not like losing an election. . . .
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which excerpt from “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes” highlights the urgency of environmental action?
A) We are a group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds from Canada.
B) I am fighting for my future.
C) We raised all the money ourselves to come six thousand miles.
D) I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In “The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes,” what rhetorical device does Suzuki use when she repeats the phrase 'I'm only a child'?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Repetition
D) Hyperbole
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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