WorksheetsThe Color of Water Ch. 7-9
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 12mins
Sam...
is Ruth's brother.
leaves home at 15 and runs away to Chicago
dies in World War 2
all of the above
Ruth says, "Sam was like a shadow." This phrase is an example of
personification.
a metaphor.
a hyperbole.
a simile.
Mameh tells Ruth to write Sam back after he ran away to Chicago and tells him to come home. Sam...
stays in Chicago with family.
joins the army and is killed in World War II.
comes home right away because he fears his father, Tateh.
marries a woman and has three children.
Why would James and his siblings make a mad scramble for Ma's purse when she would show up from work at 2AM?
Ruth always had extra money in her purse that she let her kids have if they were behaving.
When returning from the church bake sale, Ruth would pass out the leftover desserts she carried home in her purse.
As an employee of Chase Manhattan Bank, Ruth would get free dinner and would bring home extra food for her kids.
Because religion was important, Ruth would keep her Bible in her purse and read it to her kids often.
Ruth was not a very good cook.
True
False
Ruth kept a very clean house and expected her children to clean often.
True
False
Who was responsible for cleaning up after the dog, Abe?
James because it was his dog.
Helen because she loved animals and was an animal rights activist.
Ruth because she always cleaned up after everyone in the house.
No one cleaned up after the dog.
Why was Ruth so proud of Dennis?
He was going to be a doctor.
He went to college and was a straight A student.
He accomplished great achievements including traveling to Europe.
All of the above
Helen...
is James older sister.
quits school and becomes a hippie.
runs away at 15.
all of the above
Helen quit school because she...
hated playing the piano and no longer wanted to attend the Music and Art High School.
said, "The white man's education is not for me."
became a hippie and is not motivated.
wanted to move out and live with her boyfriend.
As a rabbi, Rachel's father gave Hebrew lessons, taught Bible study, and slaughtered cows according to Jewish law.
true
false
Frances...
is Ruth's only childhood friend that Ruth wasn't allowed to play with because Frances is not Jewish.
is one of the neighborhood girls who is mean to Ruth because Ruth is Jewish.
Frances was the only other Jewish girl in Ruth's class.
true
false
Rachel used the name Ruth in school because it didn't sound as Jewish as Rachel.
true
false
The McBride children attended predominantly Jewish public schools.
true
false
Ruth's real name is Rachel or Ruckla in Yiddish, but she used Ruth around white people because...
she wanted to upset her parents.
she didn't like her Yiddish name.
it didn't sound so Jewish.
all of her friends at school and in her neighborhood called her Ruth.
Ruth couldn't eat the dinner Frances' mother served because it was treyf or not kosher for a Jew to eat.
True
False
Growing up Ruth was starving. What was she starving for?
Jewish food that was kosher
Food served at Frances' house
Love and affection
Junk food and sweets
