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WorksheetsThe Red Pencil pgs 61 - 97
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Amira and Dando play a game called What Else is Possible. What do they hold high towards the sky?
Balloons
Their sandals
Leila's crutches
A sign that says Kanye for President
Amira says, "I never know where my drawings will go." What or who tells her where her drawings will go? Click on all the possible answers.
Her turning 12 twig
Ms O'Neill- she is an art teacher, after all.
Her sparrow
Old Anwar
About what do both Old Anwar and Dando agree?
Amira is very bright and should learn to read.
Amira really needs to work harder at picking up cow plop. Dando stepped in it and boy was he mad!
Amira should listen to Muma and focus on the farm.
Amira should follow the tradition of her culture and marry young. She will even wear Muma's traditional wedding toob.
What does Old Anwar tell Dando he must do for Amira?
Buy Amira a new toob.
Teach Amira The Macarena
Teach Amira to grow Okra
Teach Amira to read.
What were Leila and Gamal fighting over?
They both wanted Amira's attention.
They were fighting because they both wanted the broken bottle.
They were fighting over tickets to the Justin Bieber/Tom Cruise Fight in Las Vegas.
They both wanted the the last bite of okra.
Why does Muma put her hands on Nali's body?
Muma wants Amira to realize how much work it will be to shear Nali in the spring.
Muma wants Amira to feel the baby lamb that Nali is carrying.
Muma wants Amira to feel the baby goat that Nali is carrying.
Muma wants Amira to pet Nali because Nali gets super lonely in her pen.
What do Muma and Amira carry that is very heavy?
They carry their suitcases to the train station.
They carry water on their heads in jugs.
They have to carry Nali.
"I hear its thunder before I see its face. The sky is the color of a glistening onion, bulging brown at its edges." This is a description of:
The Haboob
The Janjaweed
Sayidda Moon
Hurricane Doris
Why does Amira disobey her father?
She is twelve now, so she does not have to listen to her parents anymore.
She is frantic to find Nali.
She is panicked because she hasn't seen Gamal all day.
She is going to the Barney concert with Halima and that is that!
"Muma is trying to tell us something but the wind's moan has muffled her." This is an example of
Simile
Metaphor
Personificaton
Symbolism
"The storm swirls like the fabric of a wind-whipped toob." This is an example of
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Symbolism
"Look, Dando! The sky is a spinning rope!" This is an example of
simile
metaphor
Personification
Symbolism
Where was Nali during the storm?
She got lost in the desert sand.
She was in the hut with Muma.
She was hiding in her pen to protect her baby.
`She heard Barney was in town and no Haboob was going to keep her from going, by golly!
Sayidda Moon hiding behind the clouds is symbolic of
great fortune
bad luck
a crescent moon
a harvest moon
"Through squinted eyes I watch the Haboob dance." This is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
symbolism
"My mother says, the Janjaweed attack without warning. If they ever come - run." This is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
foreshadowing
The chapter in The Red Pencil about the Haboob is called The Demon. In this example, a Demon is representing the sand storm; therefore, Demon is an example of
simile
metaphor
personificaton
symbolism
What is Dando's confession to Amira?
He was frightened and thought he had lost Amira.
He was frantic the fragile hut would be destroyed in the sand storm.
He was worried about Leila and Muma.
He was upset because Old Anwar refused to seek shelter in the hut with Dando's family.
Who taught Dando to read?
Muma
Halima's dad
Old Anwar
He taught himself to read.
Which character in The Red Pencil has the same positive attitude as Pharrell Williams?
Muma
Dando
Gamal
