WorksheetsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Practice Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
What can the reader infer from the following passage?
She said, without turning her head, to me, “I hear you’re doing very good schoolwork, Marguerite, but that it’s all written. The teachers report that they have trouble getting you to talk in class.” We passed the triangular farm on our left and the path widened to allow us to walk together. I hung back in the separate unasked and unanswerable questions.
A. Marguerite is having a hard time because she is struggling to communicate with people.
B. Marguerite is depressed about the way that she looks.
C. Marguerite is not doing well because her homework is too difficult.
D. Marguerite thinks of herself like a biscuit because her mother never bakes tea cookies for her.
What is the meaning of the following description of Mrs. Flowers in Paragraph 2?
“...her printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for her as denim overalls for a farmer.”
A. Mrs. Flowers wore clothing that showed she was prepared to get dirty.
B. Mrs. Flowers had no business wearing the outfits she wore and looked silly in them.
C. Mrs. Flowers wore clothes which were particularly well-suited to her.
D. Mrs. Flowers was not afraid to look low class in her appearance.
Which of the following choices best explains why Momma offers Mrs. Flowers assistance with getting her bags home in Paragraph 6?
A. Like most people in the community, Momma has a high level of respect for Mrs. Flowers.
B. The Store probably offers delivery to anyone making a purchase there.
C. Bailey is eager to gain life lessons from Mrs. Flowers.
D. Mrs. Flowers is very old and would not be able to carry the bags on her own.
What do the following lines from Paragraph 25 reveal about Marguerite?
Her sounds began cascading gently. I knew from listening to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn’t really heard, heard to understand, a single word.
A. She is unable to understand preachers when listening to sermons.
B. She had no understanding of A Tale of Two Cities after the first time she read it.
C. She would much prefer to read books than to listen to them being read out loud.
D. She is entranced by Mrs. Flowers’s reading and cannot comprehend the reading as she normally would.
What is a central theme of the text?
A. Life lessons can only be learned with the promise of a sweet treat.
B. The best way to learn from literature is to discuss it.
C. Everyday people can provide some of the greatest wisdom.
D. The key to literacy is reading as many books as one can.
Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer to question 5?
A. “Were they the same that I had read? Or were there notes, music, lined on the pages, as in a hymn book?”
B. “That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.”
C. “I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easily found in those gifts.”
D. “Now no one is going to make you talk—possibly no one can.”
What is a central idea of the excerpt?
A. Marguerite is in awe of Mrs. Flowers because she sees Mrs. Flowers as larger than life.
B. Mrs. Flowers remains a pillar of the community by keeping up with how all of the children are doing in school.
C. Momma has no idea what Mrs. Flowers wants to talk to Marguerite about.
D. Mrs. Flowers doesn’t care if her books get dirty.
Which sentence from the text most strongly supports your answer to question 7?
A. “I’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.”
B. “You see, I had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.”
C. “There was a little path beside the rocky road, and Mrs. Flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.”
D. “Somehow I had never connected Mrs. Flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”
The following events are listed in chronological order as they occur in the text:
1. Mrs. Flowers requests the help of Marguerite so that she can have a talk with the girl.
2. Mrs. Flowers explains to Marguerite that she must do more than just read books to absorb the value of language.
3. Marguerite listens to Mrs. Flowers read a book that she herself has already read in a way that changes how she hears it.
4. Several books become more accessible to Marguerite due to her meetings with Mrs. Flowers.
True
False
Which of the following vocabulary definitions is NOT correct?
aristocrat = nobleman
benign = harmless
infuse = empty
couched = phrased
