WorksheetsSold by Patricia McCormick (pages 1-44)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
True or False.
Ama felt like they were lucky to have a man to take care of them.
False
True
IDK
While living on the mountain, how is Lakshmi treated differently once she starts her menstrual periods?
She is put on a strict diet of beans and rice.
She is sent to live with Krishna and his family.
She is placed in isolation in a livestock shed until the end of her cycle.
She is given a special dinner in her honor.
What visible benefits does Lakshmi observe when her friend Gita goes to the city to work?
Gita's family now has tuition money for...
Gita's family gets a tin roof.
Gita’s brother to attend school. Gita’s father gets spectacles (glasses).
Gita's family gets an electric light bulb.
All of the answer choices listed here are correct.
While she is living on the mountain what happens to Lakshmi’s cucumbers?
She uses them to pay her dowry to Krishna.
They grow big and fat, and she wins a prize for them at the county fair!
Her stepfather takes them to sell.
Her mother says that she needs to use them to feed the baby.
What is the setting of the novel Sold?
The novel is set in Nepal and India during modern times.
The novel is set in Russia during the Russian Revolution.
The novel is set in China and India during modern times.
The novel is set in the United States in 1865 during the Civil War Era.
What type of figurative language is used here:
"Before today, Ama says, you could run as free as a leaf in the wind." (p 15)
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopeia
Hyperbole
Why does Lakshmi’s stepfather choose not to work?
He does work! It's just that no one ever sees him, so they don't believe it.
He says that he has already worked enough in his life, so he has decided to retire.
Lakshmi's mother works instead so that he can be a stay-at-home dad.
He says that no one will hire a man with only one good arm.
Any time Lakshmi’s stepfather is able to acquire a little money, he uses it for…
gambling at the tea shop
designer clothing
rice and wine
formula and diapers for the baby
Which sentence contains personification?
She smiles, drawing her shawl to her lips with the dignity of a queen.
I wait at home, as the damp firewood sizzles and smokes, trying to keep the baby from catching a chill.
The motorcycle belches and breaks wind but it will not roar the way it did last night.
Ama runs to the door, sees him, then turns her face to the corner when he comes in.
Why do the weather patterns mentioned in this story matter?
They create suspense and drama
The weather provides comfort and joy to the people who live there and inspires their art
The weather is controlled by Zeus
The weather creates conflict for the people living there
How old is Ama?
31
30
27
37
How old is Lakshmi?
12
11
13
14
Lakshmi's stepfather was gone for a week and a day, where did he say he was going?
To the tea house to gamble.
To his parent's house to visit for dinner.
To his brother's house to get a loan.
To the city to get a job.
At the festival Ama gives Lakshmi a coin, what does Ama tell her to buy with it?
A goat
A pencil
Cotton Candy
A Sweet Cake
Where did Lakshmi meet her new "aunt"?
In the city near the store.
Up the mountain by the stream.
At Lakshmi's home near the garden.
Near the bonfire at the festival.
Haughty means...
not important
a type of dessert
arrogantly superior
a style of clothing
Trudge means...
a run through the rice field
music at a festival
A tool to plant seeds in the garden
a difficult or laborious walk
Perpetual means...
never-ending
constantly changing
repeating over and over again
part of a motorcycle
Gnarled means...
soft and smooth
knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age
a flower found in the rice field
an outfit you wear at the festival
Definition of dutiful
luck while gambling
obediently fulfilling one's duty
dancing at a festival
need to use the restroom
