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Kira-Kira

Literacy Skills

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The main turning point in the story is called the climax. What happened at the climax of KIRA-KIRA? Katie left Lynn's bedside and sat in a lawn chair in the empty lot on the corner.
Most of the story took place in ... a small town in Georgia.
Mood is the felling a person is supposed to get from reading a story. The mood of KIRA-KIRA is tense when... Katie's father took Katie along to hear him apologize for wrecking Mr. Lyndon's car.
Katie could best be described as... a thoughtful girl who adored her sister and her brother.
In KIRA-KIRA, readers learn about the... unfair treatment of Japanese Americans in the early 1960's.
The story focuses mainly in the thoughts, feelings, and action of... Katie
Unlike Mr. Lyndon, Katie's father was... kind and hardworking.
Katie's parents often took Katie and Sammy to work with them. From these actions, readers might conclude that Katie's parents... did anything possible in order to keep the jobs they desperately needed.
Why hadn't Katie even noticed she'd lost Bera-Bera sometime during her year in first grade? She had been focusing all her attention on Sammy, her new baby brother.
Why did Katie parents become very angry with Katie for not cleaning the ring around the bathtub? They were tense because they were upset and worried about Lynn.
Readers might predict that in the future, Katie will... keep her promise to Lynn and go to college.
Which of these was a result of Lynn's illness? Katie stole a bottle of nail polish from the five-and-ten store.
Katie met the handsome Hank Garvin when she... ran to get help for Sammy, whose ankle had been caught in a trap.
Why did Katie faint when she was on one of the camping trip? She saw the freshly killed rabbit, which reminded her of Bera-Bera.
Which of these did Katie do before Lynn's body was taken away? She cut off a lock of her own hair and tied it around Lynn's neck.
How did Katie feel when Lynn asked for milk, then water, and then milk again? angry, because she was exhausted
What did Katie tell the sheriff when she was trying to protect her father? "We're on our way to eat tacos!"
Which of the following happened last in the story? Katie's family took a trip to California.
A metaphor compares two unlike items by saying one item IS the other item. Which of the following is a metaphor? "My mother was a delicate, rare, and beautiful flower."
Which of the following is a fact rather than opinion about Lynn? She was a few inches taller than her mother.
When Silly saw Katie looking at the man walking around the building at the processing plant, Silly said he was the "thug." Which of these is a synonym for a thug? bully
At the processing plant, Silly's uncle Barry said, "They just little girls, Dick." He was trying to persuade Dick, the thug, not to .... take any action after Katie fell off the garbage can.
Most readers probably felt shocked when... the lady at the motel told Katie's father that Indians stayed in the back room.
What is the main idea of KIRA-KIRA? A young Japanese American girl deals with the effects of her sister's illness while growing up in rural Georgia.
 

 



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