The Shawl Quizzes

The Shawl Quiz 1

1 When was the story written?
1990

1945

1970

1980
2 The narrator is
Rosa, first person

second person

third person

Stella, first 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

dialogue

plot

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

sleeping

walking

lining up
6 Stella is ____ years old.
15

12

10

14
7 Magda is ______ months old.
15

18

24

14
8 All the following are true about Magda except
she has dark skin

she has yellow hair

she has a round face

she has blue eyes
9 Magda's father was
probably a Nazi soldier

another man in the camps

a man in a passing village

Rosa's husband
10 Rosa does not feel
pain

thirst

hunger

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

Magda sucks the shawl

Rosa and Stella do not menstruate

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

butter

sugar

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

demon

patroness

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

dream

sustaining

magic
15 Rosa says she and Stella are turning into
demons

angels

air

wraiths
16 Rosa knows that Magda
will outlive Stella

is going to die

be found out

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

panthers

tigers

whales
18 Magda sees her shawl as all the following except
her little sister

her baby

her pet

her mother
19 Rosa is surprised when Magda
laughs

smiles

talks

cries
20 Who takes Magda's shawl away?
A guard

Rosa

Stella

Another prisoner
21 Rosa says Stella's heart is
dead

shriveled

gone

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

Dies

Cries

Howls
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

butterflies

flowers

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

In the wind

In the fence

In the ground

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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