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Aaron's Gift
6th Grade Reading
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In “Aaron’s Gift,” what do we learn about Aaron’s character when he takes Pidge home to mend his wing? | Aaron's is a kind, gentle person. |
| In the story “Aaron’s Gift,” what makes Aaron’s grandmother “strange”? | She spends time talking to the birds. |
| In “Aaron’s Gift,” Aaron’s mother told him to stay away from Carl and the older boys because... | she worried that they were involve in dangerous or violent activities. |
| The narrator of “Aaron’s Gift” says that Aaron’s grandmother’s family was lucky because... | the Cossacks didn't burn down their house or kill any people. |
| How are Carl and his friends like the Cossacks in “Aaron’s Gift”? | They are cruel and hateful to innocent people. |
| In “Aaron’s Gift,” why does calling Carl and the boys who beat him up “Cossacks” give Aaron “the strength to tear away from them”? | Thinking of the Cossacks makes him so angry, it gives him the strength. |
| In “Aaron’s Gift,” why does Aaron’s grandmother ask him to look in her mirror? | She wants him to see how beautiful he is. |
| At the end of “Aaron’s Gift,” what does Aaron mean when he says his grandmother’s goat “had escaped from the Cossacks at last”? | Pidge's escape has helped Aaron's grandmother get over her goat's death. |
| What could you clarify by rereading the following passage from “Aaron’s Gift”? One day, a thundering of horses was heard coming toward the village from the direction of Kishinev. The Cossacks! The Cossacks! someone had shouted. The Czar’s horsemen! | Who the Cossacks were |
| What is another name for the Climax in a story? | Turning Point |
| What is it a turning point in “Aaron’s Gift” when Aaron tells everyone about the pigeon? | Hearing about the pigeon gives Carl and his friends the idea. |
| Whose Point-of-View is the story told in? | Narrator-3rd Person Point-of-View |
| What is another word for Turning Point when you are thinking of a Plotline in a story? | Climax |