WorksheetsSold by Patricia McCormick
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
What do Lakshmi and her mother dream of having?
new clothes
a tin roof
running water
a new stove
While she is living in the mountains, what happens to Lakshmi's cucumbers?
Her stepfather sells them.
Her mother says that she needs to use them to feed the baby.
Her stepfather takes them to make a salad.
She uses them to pay her dowry to Krishna.
What is the setting of the novel Sold?
Nepal and India during modern times
Russia during the Russian Revolution
China and Taiwan during modern times
Germany and Poland during World War II
Which sentence contains personification?
She miles, drawing her shawl to her lips with the dignity of a queen.
The motorcycle belches and breaks wind but it will not roar the way it did last night.
I wait at home, as the damp firewood sizzles and smokes, trying to keep the baby from catching a chill.
Ama runs to the door, sees him, then turns her face to the corner when he comes in.
Which of these sentences is NOT an example of personification?
The wind was filled with so much fury, it blew me back a few feet.
The trees were dancing as the wind brushed through the branches.
The piano keys sung as I struck them.
The flag swayed in the breeze.
Which of the following does NOT contain personification?
My stomach complains a bit, unaccustomed ton such richness.
We eat rice and lentils with the money Ama got for her earrings.
She is looking down the mountain..at the neighbors' tin roof winking cruelly back at her.
The little cucumber cowers under a nearby leaf in fear and awe.
Which of these sentences contain imagery?
While Anita and Pushpa stand in front of the mirror, painting their faces, Shahanna explains everything to me.
But my thoughts spin like the palm frond machine.
I run back to Ama, afraid to tell her about this new auntie who smells of amber and jasmine and possibility.
We sit together, each savoring our secret treats and framing of the days after the mountain.
Which of the following contains touch/feel imagery?
"I heard the tinkling of her bell and looked up and saw my little speckled goat wandering around the school yard, bleating in despair."
"But I wonder, when I see the owner of the tea shop looking at Ama with squinty coin eyes, if my stepfather has run away."
"The other has a music making machine. He wears one glove and does a dance that makes it look as if he's walking even though he's not going anywhere."
"I try to nod, but my head is heavy, achy, a distant thing I cannot control. All I can do is close my eyes."
What is personification?
A description that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects
Words that appeal to the five senses
A large, obvious exaggeration used to make a point
What is imagery?
A comparison of two unlike thngs using the words "like or "as"
Two opposite words used together to create a contradiction
A grand exaggeration used to make a point
Words that appeal to the five senses
