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Rothstein's Picture (7.4.R.1)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The lack of vegetation in the picture indicates (shows) that the area had probably been experiencing a

a)

flashback.

b)

resettlement.

c)

biome.

d)

drought.

2.

A writer could use __________ such as "scorching sand" and "walking into a future as bleak as the landscape" to describe the picture.

a)

foreshadowing

b)

imagery

c)

desertification

d)

drought

3.

Many people __________ from Oklahoma in search of work and food in other states.

a)

emigrated

b)

immigrated

c)

interpreted

d)

foreshadowed

4.

If students were told to write a(n) __________ essay about the picture, the topic would most likely be the Dust Bowl.

a)

expository

b)

compare/contrast

c)

immigrant

d)

foreshadowing

5.

The picture illustrates how a grassland was turned into a desert

a)

biome.

b)

oasis.

c)

drought.

d)

county.

6.

Just like text, pictures can have many

a)

ironies.

b)

foreshadowings.

c)

images.

d)

interpretations.

7.

Although poems and plays have been written about the Dust Bowl, the information about Rothstein's picture is written in

a)

flashbacks.

b)

foreshadowing.

c)

prose.

d)

rhyme.

8.

"Rothstein's Picture," illustrates how drought and poor farming practices in Cimarron County brought about

a)

photography.

b)

immigrant.

c)

desertification.

d)

unification.

9.

The __________ was nature's work, which farmers could not control.

a)

blight

b)

drought

c)

biome

d)

dilution

10.

If the father in the picture suddenly had an image of the lush farmland before the dust storm, it could be considered a/an

a)

drought.

b)

biome.

c)

interpretation.

d)

flashback.