The Horned Toad Response

1. Personal Connections: Describe an experience you've had that is similar in any way to those of the boy or another character in the story.

Comprehension

2. Reading Check: (a) Why does Grandma come to live with the narrator's family? (b) Where did Grandma live before her husband died? (c) What happens to Grandma at the end of the story?

3. Strategy: Make Connections: (a) Cite one example of a personal connection, a textual connection, and a societal connection you made while reading this story. (b) In what ways did making connections add to your reading experience? Explain.

Analysis

4. Interpret: In Paragraph 34, the narrator says "Somehow that day changed everything." Explain what happened and why you think these events lef to such a profound change.

5. (a) Contrast: Grandma tells the narrator to put the toad back, but he ignores her advice. WHat does this show about the differeneces in the two characters' attitudes toward nature? (b) Analyze: How does this difference explain Grandma's reaction to the toad's death? (c) Interpret: Why is it important to the boy that Grandma help bury the toad and keep its death a secret?

6. (a) Make Inferences: What gives the narrator the courage to resist his relatives in their discussion about Grandma''s burial? (b) Analyze: Why is he surprised at their response? (c) Make Inferences: Why do you think the adults change their attitude?

7. Evaluate: Which character do you think changes the most in this story? Explain.

Which of the following facts is true for the jallianwalla massacre, as discussed in gandhi's reponse to mr. pennington? a) all members gathered for the vaisakhi fair remained calm. b) general dyer made a verbal proclamation warning all members of the crowd to stay peaceful. c) children attending the vaisakhi fair were killed, d) anyone who tried to run away from the violence was able to escape.

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

The cheerleading squad practiced their routine, they were still not ready to perform for an audience. choose the best transitional word or phrase to complete the sentence. a) however b) besides c) although d) therefore