Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-6

Reading Check

1. Who is Madame Burlaud?

2. Where does Yasmina work?

3. What is Yasmina called at her work?

4. How many siblings does Doria have?

5. According to Doria, who are the guilty parties in the story?

6. In Chapter 6, what does Doria do when she is bored?

Multiple Choice

1. Doria introduces Monsieur Loiseau with the following tagline: “He's one of those people who think illiteracy is like AIDS. It only exists in Africa” (Chapter 2). Which figurative language is used in this quote, and what is its effect?

A) She uses personification to convey the gravity of the AIDS epidemic.

B) She uses a simile to emphasize her principal’s stupidity.

C) She uses a metaphor to stress the sorrow of Yasmina’s illiteracy.

D) She uses onomatopoeia to provide humor about the misunderstanding.

2. Which of the following emotions best describes Yasmina’s first impression of France?

A) relief

B) awe

C) shame

D) perplexity

3. Which of the following sentences best describes how Doria feels about writing a civics essay on the topic of respect?

A) She feels this is hypocritical since she does not believe the teachers respect the students and their work.