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Awake

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

What is unusual about Roisa’s mother in “Awake”?

a)

She is sitting next to Roisa's father.

b)

She is frozen like a statue.

c)

She is sitting in a carven chair.

d)

She is wearing glamorous jewelry.

2.

On the night the story takes place in “Awake,” where does Roisa go with the Thirteen Faeries?

a)

to visit foreign lands on flying horses

b)

to explore the hidden rooms in the palace

c)

to prepare for her sixteenth birthday party

d)

to look at the Spinning Wheel and Spindle

3.

Who is Carabeau in “Awake”?

a)

the King

b)

the Queen Fey

c)

the white horse

d)

the handsome guardsman

4.

Why does the Thirteenth Fey stop time on Roisa’s sixteenth birthday in “Awake”?

a)

to punish the kingdom

b)

to demonstrate her power

c)

to give Roisa time to herself

d)

to keep Roisa away from the palace

5.

If Anna describes the leaves of a tree as motionless, what is true about the leaves?

a)

They are moving slowly.

b)

They are not moving now.

c)

They move less than before.

d)

They usually do not to move.

6.

Which of the following sentences best shows the meaning of static?

a)

Gabby’s fashion sense has changed over the years.

b)

This furniture has been in the same position for ten years.

c)

Miguel’s mom asked why he had not cleaned the kitchen yet.

d)

Bethany gazed up as the stars slowly moved across the night sky.

7.

If Luke and Mae steal out of the room, what are they doing?

a)

making a commotion

b)

sneaking away secretively

c)

trying to be the center of attention

d)

taking something that does not belong to them

8.

Which of the following is true of the role of magic in “Awake”?

a)

Magic is something that is valued by both the humans and the faeries in the story.

b)

The faeries possess a great deal of magic, but there are certain things that even they cannot do.

c)

The magic of the faeries is strong, but they only use it in consultation with the humans in the story.

d)

Magic plays a powerful role in the lives of the humans in the story, and they have little control over it. 

9.

Part A

Which of the following best describes Roisa’s decision at the end of “Awake”?

a)

Roisa cannot wait to be away from the faeries, whom she fears.

b)

Roisa enjoyed the human world, but she wants to remain with the faeries.

c)

Roisa appreciates the time she spent with the faeries, but she wants to return to the human world.

d)

Roisa is unsure about returning home, and she wishes that she could live in both the faery and human worlds.

10.

Part B

Which quotation from “Awake” most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

a)

Even though by now she knew this person so well—better, probably, than she’d known her own mother—Roisa never quite stopped being surprised by her.

b)

She didn’t know what it was—should she thank the Faeries excessively for all the pleasures and travels, the feasts eaten and sights seen?

c)

She wanted precisely what she was supposed to have, before the magic of the Spinning Wheel and the hundred years’ waking sleep.

d)

And in a voice Roisa never heard, Carabeau added, “And soon, to you, that is all it will be.”

11.

Part A

What is one theme of “Awake”?

a)

Time to oneself is the most valuable gift.

b)

New adventures exist in all corners of the world.

c)

It is better to participate in life than to merely observe it.

d)

It is more important to take a leap of faith than to understand everything.

12.

Part B

Which quotation from “Awake” most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

a)

“Do you see the banners?” asked Carabeau. “The lights and the colored windows. Look at the girls’ rich dresses and the fine clothes of the men. Look at that little dog dancing.”

b)

“Of course—of course I wish everything was like that—so I could see it properly alive. But . . . it isn’t only that. I want—to live inside it—not outside all the time.”

c)

Astonished, Roisa had never really understood, which she saw now. She’d only accepted it all.

d)

“The princess shall be all that’s been promised you. You’ll be proud of her, and she will fulfill all your wishes. But first she shall have time for herself.”