Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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How old is the boy Benny
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What is the health problem Benny’s grandmother is suffering from
a. | stroke | c. | heart disease | b. | skin disease | d. | diabetes |
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How did Benny learn of his grandmother’s illness
a. | talked to his mom | c. | read a letter | b. | heard the doctor tell his
grandmother | d. | talked to Miss
May |
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From what poimt of view is this story written?
a. | first person | c. | third person limited | b. | second person | d. | third person
omniscient |
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What is a rite of passage?
a. | An experience almost eveyone goes through | c. | a right to celebrate the opening of
a new road | b. | a law giving people the right to pass through your land | d. | a rite of initiation into a
club |
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What is Benny’s rite of passage?
a. | learning to drive | c. | puberty | b. | death and growing up | d. | graduating from junior
high |
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How does the author let us know that Benny has grown up?
a. | When he got clothes instead of toys for Christmas | c. | When he does not cry after learning
of his grandmother’s illness | b. | When he begins to act more mature and less
childish | d. | When his mother
gets married |
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When do we know Benny has gone back to being a child?
a. | when he buys candy | c. | when he begins to run home to his mother | b. | when grandmother
yells at him | d. | when he went
to Miss May’s funeral |
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What object symbolizes Benny’s grandmother in the story?
a. | a rock | c. | a maple tree | b. | an oak tree | d. | a storm |
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What event in nature symbolizes the sick heart spells grandmother has?
a. | a broken tree | c. | a tornado | b. | summer storms | d. | a swamp |
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