WorksheetsThe Color of Water Ch. 1 - 5 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
James' mothers name is ...
Ruchel Dwajra Zylksa
Ruth McBride
Rachel Shilsky
All of the above
How does Ruth describe her father?
True as the north
Hard as a rock
Gentle as a lamb
Clever as a fox
What does it mean when James' mother says about her family, "I been dead to them for fifty years."?
This means that her family died fifty years earlier.
This means that her family disowned her fifty years ago.
This mean that she disowned her family fifty years ago.
This means that her family thinks that she died fifty years ago.
What religious faith did Ruth's family practice?
Orthodox Judiasm
Buhddism
Islam
Christianity
Why did Tateh marry Mameh?
TO GET A TICKET TO AMERICA
Because he loved HER
TO SETTLE DOWN AND HAVE CHILDREN
BECAUSE HE FELT SORRY FOR HER CRIPPLED CONDITION
What two things did Ruth emphasize to her children?
CHURCH AND SUCCESS
LOVE AND SUCCESS
SCHOOL AND CHURCH
SCHOOL AND SUCCESS
James's maternal grandparents (his mother's parents)
had an arranged marriage.
immigrated from Poland in the early 1920's.
were Orthodox Jews.
All of the above.
infallible
someone who does not make errors
nonchalance
acting disinterested or having a casual lack of concern
subsided
to become less quiet, less active, or less violent
intently
having one’s attention focused or fixed on something
motley
a mixture of different parts, colors, or people
unkempt
uncared for or neglected
dowry
money or goods a wife brings to a marriage
claustrophobic
someone who feels uncomfortable in tight spaces
Janice prefers to take the stairs because she feels (a) in elevators.
“She and my father brought a curious
blend of Jewish-European and African-
American distrust and paranoia into our
house”(28).
A honesty
B lying
C distrust
D racism
“On her end, Mommy had no model for
raising us other than the experience of
her own Orthodox Jewish family, which
despite the seeming flaws—and
unbending nature, a stridency, a focus on
money, a deep distrust of all outsiders,
not to mention her father’s tyranny—
represented the best and worst of the
immigrant mentality...” (29).
A caring
B ignorance
C cruelty
“He placed the kid’s bags in the back of
the bus and when the kid went to step on
the bus, instead of hugging the child, the
father offered his hand, and father and
son did a magnificent, convoluted black-
power soul handshake called the “dap,”
the kind of handshake that lasts five
minutes...” (35).
A straightforward
B brief
C disgusting
D twisted
As a child, when James senses that a Black Panther might harm his mother, how does he react?
Punches the Panther
Runs away
Punches the Panther's child
Starts screaming
How did James’ mother react when people said racist remarks to her?
A. she would yell at them
B. she would fight with them
C. she would ignore them
D. she would run away from them
James’ mother Ruth/Rachel was from
A. Russia
B. Poland
C. America
D. Kazakhstan
Why is the author afraid of black power?
He is worried that the movement isn’t healthy for the black community.
He is concerned that the movement may generate violence from racist whites.
He doesn’t know many people in the movement.
He is worried for his white mother's safety.
What advice does the author's mother give him when he asks about her different looks?
She urges him to focus on school.
She urges him to play with his brothers and sisters.
She urges him to keep family business private.
All Options
Why did James' mother refuse to acknowledge her whiteness?
She was ashamed of how white people treated people of other races
She didn't want her son to feel different.
She wasn't white she was "light-skinned"
She wasn't white she was "light-skinned"
Both A and B
According to Ruth, who is the one person she didn’t do right by?
Andrew McBride
Mameh
Tateh
James
