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WorksheetsHannah and the Spindle Whorl Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins
What is the name of the main character in the story 'Hannah and the Spindle Whorl'?
Yisella
Nutsa
Mr. Sullivan
Hannah
The setting changes in Hannah and the Spindle Whorl. Choose ALL the correct options for setting in this story:
Houseboat
Summer 2010
Summer 2012
150 years before 2010.
Cowichan Bay
Who is Hannah's new friend at the START of the story? What is he good at?
Steeple, weaving
Michael, drawing
Yisella, plant medicine
Max, drawing
Why does Hannah describe her dad as "pretty cool" at the start of the story? Give me at least 2 reasons:
What is the problem that Hannah faces at the BEGINNING of the book?
Hannah faces the problem of being too hungry for bagels.
Hannah faces the problem of feeling overwhelmed with homework in the beginning of the story.
Hannah faces the problem of feeling lonely and isolated in the beginning of the story.
Hannah faces the problem of having too many friends in the beginning of the story.
Why is the Raven important to this story?
Hint: what kind of role does the Raven have in indigenous stories?
2 sentence answer.
What are the two items that Hannah uses to calm the people in Yisella's village who are weirded out by her? Tell me the two items and what she does with each one.
How did Hannah's mother pass away?
On the houseboat
While time travelling
In a car accident
What is radiocarbon dating?
When a radio dates carbon dioxide.
A method scientists use to measure the amount of carbon left in a fossil to tell us its age.
A method scientists use to measure the amount of carbon when each other.
Here is a simile: Her hair was AS dark AS the night sky.
Write me your own simile.
Compare something (or someone) to something else in nature.
BOOM
CRASH
POW
KABLOOEY
These words are examples of:
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Similes
1.Circle one of the highlighted parts on this page.
2.Write out which of your 5 senses this image activated beside where you have circled.
(CHOOSE ONE: SIGHT, SMELL TOUCH, HEARING, TASTE)
