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If You Come Softly Chapter 1-3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The classic play that this book's theme was taken from is

a)

Everybody plays the fool

b)

Next Friday

c)

Romeo & Juliet

d)

The Tempest

2.

This book is told from various perspectives. Is this statement true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know.

3.

(a)   is the name of Elisha's mother.

4.

Who is Norman Roselind?

a)

An actor that Jeremiah admires

b)

Jeremiah's best friend

c)

Elisha's father

d)

Jeremiah's Father

5.

One of Elisha's internal conflicts is

a)

She kissed a boy and made him cry.

b)

She doesn't trust her mother

c)

She is living a double life

d)

She wants to leave her family

6.

Jeremiah thinks that _____ is a cliche.

a)

Him having a Jewish girlfriend.

b)

Playing tennis in the park.

c)

Black boys playing basketball.

d)

Schools where everyone is white.

7.

The name of Jeremiah and Elisha's school is

(a)  

8.

Which character belongs to the upper-class segment of society?

a)

Percy

b)

Jeremiah

c)

Carlton

d)

Elisha

9.

Elisha was (a)   when her mother left the second time.

10.

Because her mother left twice, Elisha may be experiencing

a)

Lowered-expectations

b)

Separation Anxiety

c)

Paranoia

d)

Fear of enclosed spaces

11.

Elisha calls her mother by her first name. Why?

a)

Her family encourages this type of informality.

b)

She and her mother are around the same age

c)

It is a nickname.

d)

Her mother refuses to call her by her nickname.

12.

What song does Jeremiah's name remind Elisha of?

a)

"Jerimiah was a bullfrog"

b)

"Miah, that's my man"

c)

"Jerry, Jerry"

d)

"Loc'd and loaded"

13.

What is the difference between Jeremiah's interaction with his mother in the kitchen, and Elisha's interaction with her mother at dinner? (10 Points)

4 lines
14.

What is the setting of the story?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Jacksonville

c)

Maryland

d)

New York

15.

When an author develops a character's attitudes and behaviors this is called...

a)

Characterization

b)

Plot

c)

Narrative

d)

Essay writing

16.

The perspective of a story is called...

a)

Plot

b)

Point of View

c)

Transparency

d)

Narrator

17.

The person telling the story is called...

a)

Teller

b)

Reader

c)

Officiant

d)

Narrator

18.

There is only one type of narrator.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Jeremiah told everyone about the fact that his family was well-off.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

At the beginning of the book, the narrator is

a)

Marion

b)

Jeremiah

c)

Elisha

d)

Henry