WorksheetsMAAP RL The Bunner Sisters
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 34mins
1. Which statement expresses a theme of the passage?
Ambition comes with consequences.
Love can overcome prejudice
Love is expressed through self-sacrifice.
Materialism shows a lack of character.
How does the author's description of the setting contribute to plot development?
The condition of the store and the dilapidated neighborhood explain their frugality.
The presence of the old hotel describe the types of customers the sisters attract to their store.
The location of the shop in the basement explains the sisters' desire to relocate.
The current weather conditions contribute to the ominous of impending doom.
3. Part A
Read the following sentences from paragraph 5.
The Bunner sisters were proud of the neatness of their shop and content with its humble prosperity. It was not what they had once imagined it would be, but though it presented but a shrunken image of their earlier ambitions it enabled them to pay their rent and keep themselves alive and out of debt; and it was long since their hopes had soared higher.
What can be inferred about their business based on the phrase a shrunken image of their earlier ambitions?
Their business was continually shrinking.
Their business had not lived up to their original hopes.
Their business was too ambitious for the small neighborhood.
Their business was not respected in this town.
3. Part B
Which phrase from the sentence in Part A provides evidence to support the inference?
"The Bunner sisters were proud..."
"...it was long since their hopes had soared higher."
"...the neatness of the shop."
"...to pay their rent and keep themselves alive..."
4. How does the author create mystery in paragraph 8?
by expressing Ann Eliza's anxiety for her sister's safety
by illustrating how Ann Eliza was seated at the table
by describing Ann Eliza's choice of dress
by indicating the light of a single lamp in the room
5. How does the author use Ann Eliza's motivation to honor her sister to create conflict
by showing Ann Eliza's resentment for Evelina's lack of gratitude
by creating a greater financial burden on the sisters and their business
by exposing Evelina's disdain for her sister's cheap gift
by revealing Evelina's reluctance to receive her sister's unselfish gesture
6. How does the author use paragraph 16 through 21 to build tension between Ann Eliza and Evelina?
by describing the joy the two sisters felt for each other
by describing Ann Eliza's anticipation and Evelina's distress
by describing the surprise Ann Elizabeth felt for her sister's anger
by describing Evelina's pride in having a clock since they needed one so badly
7. Part A
Read the following sentences from paragraph 28.
"What do I need, I'd like to know? Ain't I got a best black silk?" the elder sister said with a laugh full of nervous pleasure.
What can be inferred about Ann Eliza from these sentence?
She is unselfish and giving.
She is a wise shopper.
She is unconcerned about stylish clothes.
She is arrogant about her clothes.
7. Part B
Which statement from the passage supports the answer to Part A?
"We've always wanted a clock and now we've got one: that's all there is about it." (paragraph 25)
When she had tied the parcel to her satisfaction, and laid it with furtive accuracy just opposite her sister's plate, she sat down..." (paragraph 9)
"And I paid for it out of a little extra work I did the other night on the machine for Mrs. Hawkins." (paragraph 30)
In honour of some event of obvious importance, she had put on her double-dyed and triple-turned black silk. (paragraph 8)
8. How does paragraph 31 clarify the theme?
It shows how Ann Eliza does not value money.
It shows that Evelina is grateful to Ann Eliza for all her hard work.
It shows that Ann Eliza loves to sew for others.
It shows what Ann Eliza is willing to do for her sister's benefit.
9. Read the sentences from paragraph 8.
In honour of some event of obvious importance, she had put on her double-dyed and triple-turned black silk. Age, while bestowing on this garment a patine worthy of a Renaissance bronze had deprived it of whatever curves the wearer's pre-Raphaelite figure had once been able to impress on it...
The author uses allusions in these sentences. Which of the following expresses the author's purpose for using allusion?
to express Ann Eliza's advanced age and declining physique
to emphasize the expense and worth of the antique silk
to illustrate how Ann Eliza had aged gracefully
to describe the effect of age on Ann Eliza's dress
10. Part A
Read the sentence from paragraph 30.
"The clock is perfetly lovely and I don't say it ain't a comfort to have it; but I hate to think what it must have cost you."
In this sentence, how does the contrast between the two sisters develop the theme?
by illustrating Ann Eliza's carelessness with money
by describing Evelina's discomfort over Ann Eliza's spending money on her
by emphasizing the difference in the two sister's personalities
by describibg the clock as a symbol of materialism
10. Part B
Which quote develops the theme in the same way as the sentence from paragraph 30 in Part A?
"We ain't so badly off as all that." (paragraph 15)
"Well, ain't you glad now?" Ann Eliza gently reproached her." (paragraph 26)
"There, I knew it! You swore to me you'd buy a new pair of shoes with that money." (paragraph 32)
"Well, and ain't you had to run around the corner to the Square every morning, rain or shine, to see what time it was..." (paragraph 23)
