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A Day’s Wait ELA.7.R.C4.1

Quiz by Anita Proffitt

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  • Q1
    “Do you want me to read to you?” “All right. If you want to,” said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached from what was going on. I read aloud from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates; but I could see he was not following what I was reading. “How do you feel,” Schatz?” I asked him. “Just the same, so far,” he said. I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely. “Why don’t you try to go to sleep? I’ll wake you up for the medicine.” “I’d rather stay awake.” After a while he said to me, “You don’t have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.” “It doesn’t bother me.” --from “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway 1. Which sentence best describes what the passage is about?
    A doctor give a sick boy three types of medicine.
    A boy does not want to show that he is sick.
    A father cares for his son who has a mild case of the flu.
    An ill boy does not want his father to read to him.
    30s
  • Q2
    “Do you want me to read to you?” “All right. If you want to,” said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached from what was going on. I read aloud from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates; but I could see he was not following what I was reading. “How do you feel,” Schatz?” I asked him. “Just the same, so far,” he said. I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely. “Why don’t you try to go to sleep? I’ll wake you up for the medicine.” “I’d rather stay awake.” After a while he said to me, “You don’t have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.” “It doesn’t bother me.” --from “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway 2. Which of these words best describes the son?
    Distracted
    Lonely
    Angry
    Jealous
    30s
  • Q3
    “Do you want me to read to you?” “All right. If you want to,” said the boy. His face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached from what was going on. I read aloud from Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates; but I could see he was not following what I was reading. “How do you feel,” Schatz?” I asked him. “Just the same, so far,” he said. I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely. “Why don’t you try to go to sleep? I’ll wake you up for the medicine.” “I’d rather stay awake.” After a while he said to me, “You don’t have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.” “It doesn’t bother me.” --from “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway 3. The word you chose to describe the son is best because you learned from the story that—
    the boy won’t take his medicine.
    The boy tells his father to leave him alone.
    the boy falls asleep.
    The boy doesn’t pay attention when his father reads to him.
    30s

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