The Shawl Quizzes

The Shawl Quiz 1

1 When was the story written?
1990

1970

1980

1945
2 The narrator is
second person

Stella, first person

Rosa, first person

third person
3 The story is set during
the separating of East and West Germany

the Second Reich

WWI

the Holocaust
4 The story has no
climax

narration

dialogue

plot
5 At the beginning of the story the characters are
sleeping

lining up

working

walking
6 Stella is ____ years old.
14

10

15

12
7 Magda is ______ months old.
15

24

14

18
8 All the following are true about Magda except
she has blue eyes

she has yellow hair

she has a round face

she has dark skin
9 Magda's father was
a man in a passing village

Rosa's husband

probably a Nazi soldier

another man in the camps
10 Rosa does not feel
thirst

hunger

pain

emotion
11 All of the following are true except
Rosa has no more milk

Magda sucks the shawl

Magda will not stop sucking Rosa's breasts

Rosa and Stella do not menstruate
12 Magda smells like cinnamon and
sugar

molasses

almonds

butter
13 Stella sounds like a/an ______ to Rosa when she speaks of Magda.
patroness

cannibal

clinician

demon
14 Rosa calls the shawl a "_____" shawl.
sustaining

secret

magic

dream
15 Rosa says she and Stella are turning into
demons

angels

air

wraiths
16 Rosa knows that Magda
will outlive Stella

be found out

is going to die

will make it out alive
17 Magda's eyes are like blue
tigers

birds

whales

panthers
18 Magda sees her shawl as all the following except
her pet

her mother

her baby

her little sister
19 Rosa is surprised when Magda
smiles

laughs

cries

talks
20 Who takes Magda's shawl away?
Rosa

Stella

Another prisoner

A guard
21 Rosa says Stella's heart is
gone

shriveled

dead

cold
22 What does Magda do when she loses her shawl?
Sits mutely

Howls

Cries

Dies
23 Rosa has thought for awhile that Magda was
defective

deaf

dumb

all of these
24 Rosa imagines all the following natural elements except
butterflies

flowers

raindrops

green meadows
25 Where does Rosa hear the voices?
In the air

In the ground

In the wind

In the fence

Where is Rosa in the story?

Rosa is Jewish and being held in a concentration camp with her children.

Asked by kerry j #458744

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/1/2023 4:25 PM

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I'm confused. Whose is whose mother again?

Stella is Rosa's nice.

Asked by cherish l #1150345

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/17/2021 10:55 AM

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What's the contemporary value from this short story?/why this short story categorized as a contemporary work?

Motherhood is always a contemporary theme. Mothers share traits no matter what era and situation they are in. Rosa conceives, carries, and bears her daughter Magda under the most horrific of circumstances, but nevertheless loves her deeply. She...

Asked by Kristovel L #1006867

Answered by Aslan on 4/18/2020 4:55 PM

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The Shawl

by Cynthia Ozick

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