Awake Comprehension Check

1. Based on the text, what did Carabeau point out to Roisa in the open courtyard?

• • A. A scene of people dancing that was completely still

• • B. A spinning wheel with a pointed spindle

• • C. A group of thirteen faeries

• • D. A handsome prince approaching

2. According to the text, what is Roisa's main feeling about her current situation?

• • A. Complete happiness with the faeries

• • B. Fear of returning to her old life

• • C. A longing to experience life from within, not just as an observer

• • D. Anger toward the Thirteenth Faery

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3. How does Carabeau explain the stopped time that Roisa observes?

• • A. They travel backward in time

• • B. They don't stop time, but move aside from the time humans keep

• • C. The faeries cast a spell that freezes all living creatures

• • D. Time only moves when Roisa is asleep

4. What gifts were bestowed upon Roisa by the twelve faeries at her birth?

• • A. Beauty, wealth, power, and immortality

• • B. Qualities like loveliness, charm, grace, intelligence, and modesty

• • C. The ability to speak with animals and control the weather

• • D. Protection from all harm and magical abilities

5. What does Carabeau tell Roisa will happen when she returns to the world?

• • A. She will become a faery herself

• • B. She will remember nothing of her time with the faeries

• • C. A prince will wake her and they will fall in love immediately

• • D. She will have to fight the Thirteenth Faery

6. What can be inferred about the relationship between Roisa and the faeries?

• • A. The faeries are holding Roisa captive against her will

• • B. The faeries care for Roisa but know she must return to her human life

• • C. Roisa despises the faeries for cursing her

• • D. The faeries are afraid of Roisa's magical powers

7. What does Roisa say she misses about her old life?

• • A. Her parents and the guardsman

• • B. The spinning wheel

• • C. Seeing things as they truly are, alive and moving

• • D. Being a princess with servants

8. What is the significance of the Thirteenth Faery in the story?

• • A. She is Roisa's enemy who cursed her

• • B. She seems to be Carabeau, who has been caring for Roisa

• • C. She will marry the prince who awakens Roisa

• • D. She is a minor character who appears only briefly

9. What does Carabeau tell Roisa she must pretend about her time with the faeries?

• • A. That it never happened

• • B. That it was all a dream she had while she slept

• • C. That the faeries forced her to stay with them

• • D. That she learned powerful magic from them

10. What magical ability do the faeries demonstrate in the story?

• • A. They can transform into animals

• • B. They can travel while moving outside normal time

• • C. They can read Roisa's thoughts

• • D. They can make objects appear and disappear