Beneath The Rain Tree

1.What is the weather like at the beginning of the story?

• It is raining heavily

• The sun is shining brightly

• The rain has just stopped

• It is a hot, dry day.

2. What is Lena’s main destination in the story?

• Her house

• The market

• The rice field

• The rain tree

3.Which of the following is an example of tactile imagery?

• “Birds chirped”

• “The sky was a soft gray”

• “The earth soft and cool beneath her feet”

• “It smelled of wet soil”

4. What food did Lena bring with her?

• Fried fish and rice

• Mangoes and bread

• Sweet coconut and mango sticky rice

• Roasted corn and bananas

5. What does the breeze symbolize in the line: “brushing her cheek like a mother’s gentle hand”?

• It is a sign of bad weather

• It represents comfort and care

• It tells her to go home

• It means she is sick

6. “The sky was a soft gray, like ashes scattered across silk.”

• Visual

• Auditory

• Olfactory

• Gustatory

7. “Water dripped steadily from leaf to leaf, like a sleepy clock ticking.”

• Tactile

• Auditory

• Visual

• Olfactory

8. “The air smelled of wet soil and crushed grass.”

• Tactile

• Gustatory

• Auditory

• Olfactory

9. “The taste was creamy, rich, and fruity, like summer pressed into her tongue.”

• Gustatory

• Tactile

• Visual

• Auditory

10.“Thick and gnarled like sleeping snakes.”

• Auditory

• Visual

• Olfactory

• Gustatory