WorksheetsA Season of Gifts Chapter 1-8
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
1. What does Mrs. Dowdel have in common with the Barnharts?
Neither of them have indoor bathrooms.
Neither of them have televisions.
They live on each end of town.
Neither of them have cars.
1. Read this text. What is the central idea?
“My little sister, Ruth Ann, couldn’t take her eyes off the place. She’d rest her chin on the windowsill and plant her nose on screen wire. What else did she have to do?”(p. 5)
Ruth Ann is grounded and not allowed to go outside.
Ruth Ann enjoys architecture and is fascinated with the house structure.
Ruth Ann wants to work security as she grows older.
Ruth Ann is looking for someone to play with.
1. “We’d be living in a fishbowl.” (p. 9) What does this mean?
The Barnharts are living near the ocean.
The Barnharts live in a house that leaks.
The Barnharts live in a house that leaks,
People are looking at everything the Barnharts do.
Read the following text. What can you infer about Mrs. Dowdel’s feeling toward the boys?
“There was a bunch of boys I town, big ugly ones. They’d tramp past, heading for the crick every afternoon, punching each other. Mrs. Dowel always watched them out of sight. She seemed to take an interest in them, but not a friendly interest. Then she’d have several sharp things to her tomatoes.”(p. 10)
Mrs. Dowdel enjoys having visitors in town.
Mrs. Dowdel is waiting on help for her garden.
Mrs. Dowdel is suspicious of the boys.
Read the following text.
“To help her settle in, Mother had let Phyllis paint her room in her choice of color. She’d picked a Day-Glo pink that really yelled at you. It was like being inside a stomach.”
“Then Phyllis had painted a stripe of that same Day-Glo pink down the center of the floor and warned Ruth Ann never to set a sandal across it.” (p. 32)
How does the text add to the plot of the passage?
It provides description of the girls’ room.
It shows that the character, Phyllis is possessive.
It provides the details about the sisters.
It shows that the Barnhart’s house
What is the central idea of the section, “The Last House in Town?”
The Barnhart family moves to town and the children begin to settle in.
The new housing development has built the Barnharts’ house at the end of the street.
The town uses methods to welcome the Barnharts.
The town is haunted.
Read the following sentence and then answer the question.
“So she belly-crawled low, and it would have been pretty dank down in that sandy soil for a girl dressed in as little as Barbara Jean was.” (p. 59)
What does the word, dank, mean in the sentence?
Smelly
dark
moist
dry
What is the effect of Grachel’s disappearance?
Ruth Ann wants to return to Terre Haute.
Ruth Ann gives her doll buggy away.
Phyllis goes to the high school.
Ruth Ann stops believing in Santa Claus.
What character trait does Bob demonstrate in the following text? Direct or indirect?
“Ruth Ann took my hand across the street, and I let her. Nobody was looking.”
embarrassed, indirect
caring, indirect
embarrassed, direct
A. caring, direct
What is the best interpretation of the following text?
“I couldn’t see how many people were on the porch. But it was Mrs. Dowdel who barged through them and outside. She wore a nightgown the size of a revival tent.” (p. 15)
Mrs. Dowdel is large and isn’t afraid of anyone.
It is night time.
People have come to visit Mrs. Dowdel.
The visitors aren’t welcome.
Which details from the text support the position that Bob’s family is poor?
“But Moore’s was cash-and-carry, and we didn’t have any cash.” (p.8)
“Remember who we are, “Mother said. “And we’re new here. All eyes are upon us.” (p. 7)
“Who else would live next door to her? I hate this town.” (p.11)
“I wouldn’t worry your folks if I was you. The way I hear it, they have troubles of their own.” (p. 29)
Bob is most worried about dealing with other kids when he is ____.
playing outside
at the creek
at school
at church
How does Mrs. Dowdel use the publicity about the garden to her advantage in Chapter 7?
She sets up a roadside stand and sells jams, feathers, and other trinkets
She makes money off of visitors.
She gives interviews to the reporters.
All of the above.
What character trait does Phyllis show in the following text? Direct or indirect?
Suspicious, indirect
Restless, indirect
Sarcastic, direct
Spontaneous, direct
What was the effect when the Barnhart children walked to the Dairy Queen?
They got ice cream.
Someone wolf-whistled at Phyllis.
The children got lost.
They brought back ice cream to Mrs. Dowdel.
What does Bob mean when he says, “We saw a lot of Mrs. Dowdel next door. There was a lot of her to see. ” (p. 10)
His family saw Mrs. Dowdel often.
His family thinks Mr. Dowdel is a large lady.
His family is a close neighbor of Mrs. Dowdel’s.
His family thought Mrs. Dowdel was outside all the time.
How could Delmer “Gypsy” Piggott make church harder for Mr. Barnhart?
“Gypsy” Piggott had built a big Tabernacle in Del Rio.
Mr. Barnhart was helping "Gypsy" Piggott.
“Gypsy” Piggott was a better singer than Mr. Barnhart.
“Gypsy” Piggott could collect money from the town’s people that wouldn’t make it to the church’s collection plate.
What type of conflict is found in the following text?
“Dad had already killed a hog snake coiled in the choir loft. He and the snake met up by chance, and all Dad could think of us to do was drop a box of hymnals on its head. (p. 12)
Character vs. character
Character vs. Society
Character vs. self
Character vs. Nature
What type of conflict is found in the following text?
“Six or eight overgrown galoots and me like a piglet on a spit, hanging from two of their big, thorny mitts. And I mean barely. “(p. 22)
Character vs character
Character vs Self
Person vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
What character trait does Phyllis demonstrate in the following text?
“I did,” Phyllis said, somewhat shifty.” “Then I got up and ….. went on a hayride.”
“I thought the Future Farmers hayride was next weekend.”
“It is,” Phyllis whispered, not looking me in the eye.” (p. 64)
Dishonest
Trustworthy
Amused
Fascinated
Reviewing the following text, what would describe how Ruth Ann felt when she saw Mrs. Dowdel kill the turtle?
“ Ruth Ann tucked her fingers into her armpits. She was all eyes.” (p. 45)
The turtle must have chomped down on the stick, because Ruth Ann jumped.” (p. 46)
Terrified
Angry
Amused
Fascinated
What does this passage mean?
“Mrs. Dowdel turned my way. The gold light pouring around her shadowed her face. But I saw right there that she was somebody else. Her old hand stole up to her mouth.” (p. 27)
Mrs. Dowdel was thinking of another time.
Mrs. Dowdel regretted talking rudely to “Gypsy” Piggott.
Mrs. Dowdel remembered where she had hid her money.
Mrs. Dowdel was startled by the wasp graveyard.
The attitude an author has towards the characters and events of the story
Mood
Tone
Theme
Plot
What the story is about
Theme
Plot
Third person
First person
The atmosphere or feeling of the story
Mood
Tone
Plot
Setting
The life lesson that the author wants the characters and readers to learn
Mood
Tone
Theme
Setting
From whose viewpoint, or perspective, the story is being presented
Setting
Point of View
Plot
Theme
The time and place that the story is taking place
Setting
Point of View
Plot
Theme
When the narrator, or the person telling the story, is one of the characters from the story
First person
Third person
Setting
Theme
When the narrator of the story is not one of the characters from the story
First person
Third person
Plot
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