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WorksheetsThe Color of Water 1-6
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is the author's mother reluctant to talk about her family?
a)
She says she has been dead to her family for fifty years.
b)
Neither she nor her family has any interest in revisiting the past.
c)
Her family did not accept her marriage outside of the Jewish faith and to a black man.
d)
All Options
2.
What is the name of the author's mother?
a)
Ruchel Dwajra Zylska
b)
Rachel Deborah Shilsky
c)
Ruth McBride
d)
All Options
3.
Why is the bicycle an embarrassment to the author?
a)
The bike is out of style with fat tires, blue paint, and a prominent horn.
b)
She is white and rides it in their black neighborhood.
c)
It is flashy and extravagant, which draws more attention to their affluent family.
d)
All Options
4.
What advice does the author's mother give him when he asks about her different looks?
a)
She urges him to focus on school.
b)
She urges him to play with his brothers and sisters.
c)
She urges him to keep family business private.
d)
All Options
5.
According to Ruth, who is the one person she didn’t do right by?
a)
Andrew McBride
b)
Mameh
c)
Tateh
d)
James
6.
Why is the author afraid of black power?
a)
He is worried that the movement isn’t healthy
for the black community.
b)
He is concerned that the movement may generate
violence from racist whites.
c)
He doesn’t know many people in the movement.
d)
He is worried for his white mother's safety.
7.
The author's mother moved from town to town with her family, living anywhere her father could get a job as an Orthodox rabbi. They were poor, often being paid in lodging and hand-me-down clothes, and her mother was handicapped by polio.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What caused Ruth's feelings of worthlessness and lifelong fear of dominating personalities?
a)
Constant threats of being deported.
b)
Being molested by her abusive father.
c)
Being Jewish.
d)
All Options
9.
What does the term "get happy" mean in the context of worship?
a)
Attend church with family.
b)
Finding God's true color.
c)
Get lost in the moment, losing control in the experience of worship.
d)
Worshipping while intoxicated.
10.
Richie stopped going to Sunday school because his Bible pictured Jesus as a white man. Richie was not satisfied by the answer Reverend Owens gave him.
a)
True
b)
False
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