WorksheetsTCOW Ch 1-4
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
Each chapter alternates between James' story and his mother's story. Which narrator is represented by the text in ITALICS?
James
James' mother
What does it mean when James' mother says about her family, "I been dead to them for fifty years."
This means that her family died fifty years earlier.
This means that her family disowned her fifty years ago.
This mean that she disowned her family fifty years ago.
This means that her family thinks that she died fifty years ago.
True or False: James's mother remains an Orthodox Jew and raises her children in the Jewish faith.
True
False
James' mother has been named:
Ruchel Dwajra Zylksa
Ruth McBride
Rachel Shilsky
All of the above
When James's mother marries his step-father, Hunter Jordan, James is
the oldest of 12 children.
the youngest of 8 children.
an only child.
the youngest of 12 children.
What advice does the author's mother give him when he asks about her different looks?
She urges him to focus on school.
She urges him to play with his brothers and sisters.
She urges him to keep family business private.
All of these options- she'd advise him on everything except answer the question
Ruth explains to James that her family left Europe in 1923. Why did her parents flee to America?
The Russian soldiers would line up and shoot Jewish people.
Her father wanted to make money.
Her mother had Polio.
They won the lottery.
CHOOSE TWO: How did Ruth's family practice their religion?
They weren't allowed to do any work on the Sabbath day.
They went to Temple on Sunday.
They couldn't eat pork.
They had to eat dairy with every meat meal.
Why was Ruth claustrophobic?
Her uncle died and she thought he was buried alive.
Her father was buried alive.
She feared being buried alive because she didn't understand the death of her grandfather.
She was locked in a coffin when her grandfather died and it scared her for life.
Pg 21: "When I was a boy, I used to wonder where my mother came from, how she got on this Earth. When I asked she would say:
All living things are a result of evolution.
My mother was named Hudis and my father was Fishel Shilsky, and we lived in Virginia.
I was delivered on this earth by angels.
God made me.
What was the king and queen system?
In James' house, the eldest child was the boss while Mommy was gone
In James' house, Mommy was the queen and all the boys were the kings.
In James' house, the youngest daughter was the queen and the youngest son was the king.
A form of government and economic policy
What was Mommy's job?
She worked the swing shift at Chase Manhattan Bank as a typist, leaving home at 3pm and returning around 2am
She was the assistant for the Vice President of operations at P.S. 118 and worked during school hours
She didn't have a job; she raised 12 kids
She was a newspaper delivery worker and she used her bike to make deliveries
Why did James punch the kid on the bus?
His father was a Black Panther
He said bad things about James' mom
The kid was a punk and he deserved it
James asked the kid how to do the handshake but the kid said no
What is kosher?
describes food that is permissible to eat under Jewish dietary laws
a day of rest and spiritual enrichment
a wig which was made of artificial or real hair and worn, according to an old Jewish practice, by pious women as a sign of modesty
Apache Native American Chief
