The Shawl Quizzes

The Shawl Quiz 1

1 When was the story written?
1980

1970

1990

1945
2 The narrator is
second person

Stella, first person

third person

Rosa, first person
3 The story is set during
WWI

the Second Reich

the Holocaust

the separating of East and West Germany
4 The story has no
dialogue

plot

narration

climax
5 At the beginning of the story the characters are
working

walking

sleeping

lining up
6 Stella is ____ years old.
12

14

10

15
7 Magda is ______ months old.
18

14

15

24
8 All the following are true about Magda except
she has blue eyes

she has dark skin

she has a round face

she has yellow hair
9 Magda's father was
another man in the camps

a man in a passing village

probably a Nazi soldier

Rosa's husband
10 Rosa does not feel
thirst

emotion

hunger

pain
11 All of the following are true except
Magda sucks the shawl

Rosa and Stella do not menstruate

Rosa has no more milk

Magda will not stop sucking Rosa's breasts
12 Magda smells like cinnamon and
sugar

almonds

butter

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

demon

cannibal

clinician
14 Rosa calls the shawl a "_____" shawl.
secret

sustaining

magic

dream
15 Rosa says she and Stella are turning into
demons

wraiths

air

angels
16 Rosa knows that Magda
is going to die

will make it out alive

be found out

will outlive Stella
17 Magda's eyes are like blue
tigers

panthers

birds

whales
18 Magda sees her shawl as all the following except
her mother

her pet

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
shriveled

gone

cold

dead
22 What does Magda do when she loses her shawl?
Cries

Howls

Dies

Sits mutely
23 Rosa has thought for awhile that Magda was
dumb

deaf

defective

all of these
24 Rosa imagines all the following natural elements except
green meadows

raindrops

flowers

butterflies
25 Where does Rosa hear the voices?
In the air

In the ground

In the fence

In the wind

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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