WorksheetsJeremiah's Song
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A disease or state of health
a)
contempt
b)
condition
c)
extinct
d)
gait
2.
The identification of a disease through examination of a patient
a)
ferocious
b)
apparatus
c)
diagnosis
d)
resolution
3.
An unexpected stop in progress; a change from better to worse
a)
setback
b)
smirk
c)
relentless
d)
analyze
4.
A sudden loss of blood flow to the brain
a)
reluctant
b)
purpose
c)
pauper
d)
stroke
5.
A form of language that is spoken in a particular place
a)
evidence
b)
assume
c)
dialect
d)
erupt
6.
Introduces the characters and setting
a)
falling action
b)
climax
c)
resolution
d)
exposition
7.
Who is telling the story in "Jeremiah's Song"?
a)
a young boy
b)
Macon
c)
Ellie
d)
Grandpa Jeremiah
8.
Ellie thinks Jeremiah's stories are...
a)
too boring
b)
old fashioned and not true
c)
scary
d)
for young children
9.
The following is an example of "conversational voice"
a)
I would like to join you
b)
I would ask him to tell me one of them stories, but they was too scary
c)
Please respect your elders
d)
Grandpa is very sick
10.
To make known, to communicate
a)
create
b)
interact
c)
convey
d)
qualities
11.
to cause to exist, to make
a)
create
b)
petrify
c)
immense
d)
connect
12.
The power to cause change or have an effect on without the use of force
a)
evidence
b)
stanza
c)
nocturnal
d)
influence
13.
To act on or affect each other
a)
exposition
b)
recollection
c)
interact
d)
apparatus
14.
Characteristics or properties that distinguish something; personal traits
a)
qualities
b)
create
c)
convey
d)
succumb
15.
Why doesn't Ellie believe Dr. Crawford?
a)
He went to college at the University of Iowa.
b)
He wears old-fashioned clothes.
c)
He keeps them in the past.
d)
He gives too much hope for a recovery.
16.
Why doesn't the narrator listen to Grandpa's stories in the evening?
a)
He is too tired.
b)
He likes to eat a snack.
c)
Ellie takes up all his time.
d)
It is hard for him to go to sleep
17.
Who tells people where to sit and what to do during the funeral?
a)
Ellie
b)
Macon
c)
Sister Todd
d)
The narrator
18.
Grandpa Jeremiah tells the narrator that his songs are a ____________ to the past.
a)
bridge
b)
river
c)
walkway
d)
story
19.
An example of dialect is____________.
a)
He is so cute!
b)
She told him what to do.
c)
I could see he didn't like it none.
d)
Macon had a gold guitar
20.
The narrator gives Sister Todd a ___________ when she is crying.
a)
hug
b)
smile
c)
tap on the shoulder
d)
look
21.
This story is told from the ____________ point of view.
a)
first
b)
third
c)
second
d)
grown-up
22.
Why did Macon switch from playing the Delta Blues to church music when Sister Todd come around?
a)
He likes the church music better
b)
He wanted to show them how good his playing was
c)
He did not like the Delta Blues
d)
He wanted to please the church ladies
23.
How do you know the narrator is young?
a)
Ellie says "You're nine years old."
b)
He cries a lot
c)
He tells stories
d)
He doesn't like it when Macon comes around
24.
What does the narrator want to learn to do at the end of the story?
a)
cook
b)
run faster
c)
sleep alone
d)
play the guitar
25.
What scared the narrator when he walked into Grandpa's room?
a)
his hair was sticking out
b)
Grandpa's voice was loud
c)
the room was dark
d)
Macon was singing
26.
Why didn't the narrator like the rain?
a)
The field mice came in and got into the flour bin.
b)
He couldn't go outside
c)
His mother sang sad songs
d)
Macon wasn't able to visit
27.
Where has Ellie been for the past year?
a)
Traveling around the world
b)
Visiting other relatives
c)
In a detention facility
d)
Away at college
28.
How did Ellie act at the funeral?
a)
She did not cry
b)
She cried very loudly
c)
Her crying was soft, the kind that lasts inside you for a long time
d)
She did not go to the funeral
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