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homeless bird 1 and 2 review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the motive behind Hari and Koly's marriage?
a)
find a suitable wife for him
b)
get money for a trip to the Ganges
c)
to have another person to help with the work at their farm
d)
to find someone to care for Hari while he was sick
2.
When Sass finally allows Koly to go sit with Hari, what do they do?
a)
look at the items that he collects and talk of Koly's home
b)
talk about school
c)
Koly tells him stories of her adventures in the city
d)
argue about the trip the next day
3.
Funeral customs in India might include:
a)
wearing silver earrings and a wreath on one's head made of marigolds
b)
tie the person's arms together and dropping ghee on the way home from the funeral
c)
burning the clothing that was worn at death
d)
burning the body and putting the ashes in the Ganges
4.
The term "auspicious" refers to:
a)
being suspicious of another person's motives
b)
a favorable sign
c)
bad luck
d)
having awesome taste in clothing and jewerly
5.
A widow is:
a)
a women who no one wants to marry
b)
untouchables in the Caste System of India
c)
a second-class citizen with no right to vote
d)
a woman whose husband has died
6.
Which of these are considered clothing?
a)
tamarind, saffron, and charpoy
b)
shrine, chula, sadhus
c)
choli, sari, tunic
d)
curd, ghee, gataka
7.

What does Koly make as part of her dowry?

a)

A dress

b)

Bangles

c)

A quilt

d)

Baby clothes

8.

What does Hari’s father do for a living?

a)

He's a scribe

b)

He's a teacher

c)

He's a plumber

d)

He's a rickshaw driver

9.

What does Koly’s mother do to earn extra money for the family?

a)

Cooks at a local restaurant

b)

Embroiders

c)

Cleans the homes of wealthy people

d)

Bakes cakes

10.

Who is Chandra?

a)

Koly's mother

b)

Hari's mother

c)

Koly's sister

d)

Hari's sister

11.

What does Koly’s father do for a living?

a)

He's a teacher

b)

He's a plumber

c)

He's a scribe

d)

He's a rickshaw driver

12.

What is Koly’s dowry money used for soon after her marriage to Hari?

a)

A trip to the holy city

b)

Jewelry for Chandra's wedding

c)

A television

d)

Material for a new quilt

13.

Why will life be easier for Koly’s family once she leaves home?

a)

Her mother will be able to hire someone to help with the work.

b)

There will be one less person to feed.

c)

Her parents will no longer have to pay for school.

d)

Her family will receive payment from the Mehtas.

14.

Why did Hari go to Varanasi?

a)

To be healed in the Ganges River or die there

b)

To find a job

c)

To make his parents happy

d)

To show Koly a new city

15.

Why is Koly willing to leave her family and marry a boy she has never seen or met?

a)

She dreams of marriage all the time

b)

She knows the family will have more food when she is gone

c)

She does not like her parents or brothers

d)

She knows her bridegroom will allow her to go to school

16.

What does Hari say would be lucky?

a)

to die in Varanasi because there are many temples there

b)

to escape his village and live in a big city like Varanasi

c)

the move with Koly to their own house and raise crops in a village

d)

to die in Varanasi because his ashes could be spread over the Ganges River

17.

What must the family of a bride pay the groom's family?

a)

food

b)

gold

c)

$100

d)

dowry

18.

Where is the Ganges River?

a)

Varanasi

b)

Koly's village

c)

Vrindavan

d)

Krishna

19.

Hari is sick with what?

a)

fever

b)

tuberculosis

c)

cancer

d)

flu

20.

Chandra tells Koly that her brother always gets his way because

a)

He is the only boy

b)

He is the boss

c)

He is very smart and talented

d)

He is the only boy and because he is sick

21.

What does Koly refuse to give to Mrs. Mehta on her wedding night?

a)

Her money

b)

Her quilt

c)

Earrings

d)

Her livestock

22.

Who says, "But will you not have a house to care for? Meals to cook? Children whining for this or that? Will you have time for the work?"

a)

Maa

b)

Baap

c)

Hari

d)

Mrs. Mehta

23.

What do Koly and her mother prepare for Koly's wedding?

a)

a quilt and sari

b)

traditional dumplings

c)

linen table coverings

d)

a special sari for her new sass

24.

What does Koly make as part of her dowry?

a)

A dress

b)

Bangles

c)

A quilt

d)

Baby clothes

25.

What is the first thing Mr. Mehta asks upon the arrival of Koly and her parents for the wedding?

a)

Are you certain you are ready for marriage?

b)

Did you bring the dowry?

c)

Do you know how to clean and cook?

d)

Did you have a pleasant trip?

26.

Who gives Koly a piece of coconut cake?

a)

Mrs. Mehta

b)

No one

c)

Hari

d)

Baap

27.

What's the term for a price (which in Homeless Bird includes a nice pair of silver earrings) a bride's parents pay to a groom's parents as part of an arranged marriage?

a)

Vrindavan

b)

Koly

c)

Dowry

28.

What does inauspicious mean?

a)

unlucky

b)

secretive

c)

undesirable

d)

hated

29.

Define embroidery

a)

decorative stitching

b)

money paid to parents

c)

skinny, weak, small

d)

sewing buttons

30.

What are bullocks?

a)

milking cows

b)

male bovine

c)

chickens

d)

daydreaming

31.

Auspicious=

a)

unlucky

b)

lucky, fortunate

c)

green

d)

tasty

32.

This picture matches which vocabulary word?

a)

pyres

b)

quarrel

c)

embroidery

d)

dowry

33.

This dog is=

a)

scrawny

b)

plump

c)

spotted

d)

auspicious

34.

In a traditional Hindu funeral, the body is burned in a ______________________.

a)

pyre

b)

pile

c)

burial

d)

river

35.

Who is the story's narrator?

a)

Mrs. Mehta

b)

Hari

c)

Chandra

d)

Koly

36.

I could not catch the lessons like measles.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

37.

Identify the art of speech--

desk

a)

noun

b)

pronoun

c)

verb

d)

adjective

38.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

noun

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

39.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

adjective

b)

preposition

c)

adverb

d)

noun

40.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

adverb

41.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

noun

d)

adverb

42.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

a)

verb

b)

preposition

c)

noun

d)

adverb

43.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


Joe rested for a few minutes, breathing quietly.

a)

noun

b)

verb

c)

adjective

d)

adverb

44.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


A tentacle coiled around his ankles.

a)

pronoun

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

adjective

45.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


She unhitched her webbed harness.

a)

verb

b)

adjective

c)

preposition

d)

noun

46.

The word in blue in the sentence below is what part of speech?


Every word I wrote is awesome!

a)

adverb

b)

noun

c)

verb

d)

preposition

47.

This part of speech describes nouns or pronouns.

a)

adverbs

b)

adjectives

c)

conjunctions

d)

interjections

48.

This part of speech modifies a verb and often ends in “ly.”

a)

adverb

b)

adjective

c)

noun

d)

interjection

49.

This part of speech connects sentences

a)

conjunction

b)

verb

c)

noun

d)

preposition

50.

This part of speech includes interrupting words

a)

interjection

b)

verb

c)

noun

d)

conjunctions

51.
John  _______up early every morning.
a)
get
b)
gets
c)
is getting
d)
are getting
52.
They  ______to school together every day.
a)
gos
b)
goes
c)
are going
d)
go
53.
My mum ___________the clothes every day.
a)
folds
b)
fold
c)
folding
d)
doesn't fold
54.
Sam _________his dog every day.
a)
feed
b)
feeding
c)
feeds
d)
fed
55.
Sam, Mary and I _____to school on foot every day.
a)
goes
b)
are go
c)
is go
d)
go
56.
We __________dinner with my grandma every Saturday.
a)
has
b)
have
c)
had
d)
is have
57.
Thomas _______breakfast at seven o'clock every morning.
a)
have
b)
has
c)
is has
d)
haves
58.
In summer, the children usually ______________ in the garden.
a)
play
b)
playing
c)
played
d)
plays

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