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Reading: Comprehension
Directions: Read each question. Choose the best answer.
1. What does the color of the adinkra cloth stand for?
a. It names the person who sewed the cloth.
b. It tells how the wearer feels.
c. It is a sign that its wearer is not a king.
d. It shows how warm or cold it is.
2. Which does not belong on a list that tells the meanings of the small
black shapes on the cloth?
a. faith
b. power
c. love
d. smiles
3. Where is adinkra cloth from?
a. Mexico
b. Japan
c. Ghana
d. North America
4. Who wore adinkra cloth long ago?
a. children
b. grandparents
c. nurses
d. royalty
5. What is on the cloth that makes it talk?
a. symbols
b. beads
c. buttons
d. embroidery
6. What people make adinkra cloth?
a. Ashanti
b. Indians
c. Japanese
d. Americans
7. What does Amber’s aunt offer her to drink?
a. milk
b. lemonade
c. mocha
d. water
8. What material is adinkra cloth made of?
a. cotton
b. denim
c. silk
d. velvet
9. What does Amber think her little brother’s cloth should look like?
a. gray pinstriped cloth with squares
b. red cloth with hearts
c. green cloth with handprints
d. gold cloth with triangles
10. What does Aunt Phoebe mean when she says, “this child has grown a lot, inside”?
a. Amber drank too much mocha.
b. Amber has learned many new things.
c. Amber is growing too fast.
d. Amber’s clothes are too small.
11. Who is telling the story?
a. Aunt Phoebe
b. Fred
c. Daddy
d. Amber
12. How does Aunt Phoebe feel about traveling?
a. She thinks it’s a waste of time.
b. She travels to learn about other people and cultures.
c. She is afraid to fly in an airplane.
d. She only travels with her baby brother.
13. How does Amber’s father feel about visiting Aunt Phoebe?
a. Excited to learn about objects in her “collection of life.”
b. He doesn’t like visiting Aunt Phoebe.
c. He gets bored listening to Aunt Phoebe’s stories.
d. He likes to tease Aunt Phoebe while he’s there, but he enjoys
visiting with her.
14. Why does Amber enjoy visiting Aunt Phoebe?
a. She can drink mocha while she’s there.
b. Aunt Phoebe lets her play with her collection.
c. Aunt Phoebe has many interesting things to show and stories
to share.
d. Aunt Phoebe gives her presents from her travels.
15. What genre (kind of story) is The Talking Cloth?
a. fantasy
b. realistic fiction
c. folktale
d. nonfiction