Worksheets37 Bonesetter's Daughter General Comprehension
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 52mins
Throughout the passage, the narrator is portrayed as
someone who is ___.
reserved around unfamiliar people
attuned to her immediate surroundings
sympathetic to the needs of others
anxious about her responsibilities
What evidence supports your answer to the previous question about how the narrator is portrayed throughout the passage?
Give a definition for "squint" as used in line 6.
Give a definition for "haggle" as used in line 1.
What is the verb form of the word "insistence" (line 10)?
(a)
Upload an image of "latticework" (line 11).
What can be inferred from the passage from Old Widow Lau’s reluctance to stay for tea? How does is the author imply this?
Which choice best summarizes the passage?
A character’s arrival at her family’s ink shop
sparks fond memories of her favorite aunt.
A character’s surprise visit leads to a happy
reunion at her family’s ink shop.
A character comes to understand her father’s
ambitions while visiting her family’s ink shop.
A character’s visit to her family’s ink shop
deepens her appreciation of her family’s work.
What is the main theme of the passage?
Family relationships should be nurtured.
Quality is achieved through deliberate effort.
Hard work results in material compensation.
Creativity needs to be expressed concretely.
Based on lines 26-33, what do you think Precious Auntie would think about writing a story in a flash of inspiration, without much planning, editing or rewriting?
In the fourth paragraph, find a word that most nearly means "corresponds with."
(a)
Give a definition for "bank" as used in line 39.
In the fifth paragraph, find a word that is closest in meaning to "distinct."
(a)
What kind of verb is "tease out" (line 13)? How is the meaning of "tease out" different from the meaning of "tease"?
Upload a photo of a "keel" (line 22).
What else, besides ink cakes, could be "embellished" (line 24)?
Give an example from an authentic sentence (i.e. someone actually wrote it, not something you made up).
Upload an image of peonies (line 24).
Give a definition of "ledger" as used in line 24.
Upload an image of "pond scum" (line 30).
In the metaphor about pond scum, dead leaves, and mosquito spawn" (line 30), what is the equivalent thing to a lake? Write two words from the text.
(a)
What part of speech is "spawn" (line 31)?
(a)
Give a definition for the word "hue" (line 37).
Give a definition of "soot" as used in line 39.
