How Night Came From the Sea Comprehension

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The genre of this text is _________________________

biography

myth

historical fiction

expository

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This reading selection is written in __________________________________.

first person

second person

third person

a person

1 point

What was the author’s purpose in writing this selection?

Persuade

Express emotions or feelings

Inform

Give Directions

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What thing in nature is the story trying to explain?

Daytime

The Sea

Night

Seasons

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Iemanj’a daughter wants to do what in this myth?

Marry an Earth son

Bring light to the ocean

Live on dry land

Visit her family

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What happens to Iemanja’s daughter that makes her so unhappy?

The Earth people don't like her.

The sun hurts her eyes and her heart.

She misses her mother.

She cannot keep her eyes open.

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What does her husband command his three servants to do?

Beg Iemanja to come and see her daughter.

Find a cool place in the shade for Iemanja’s daughter.

Beg Iemanja to send some darkness for her daughter.

Let her come back to the sea to live.

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What did Iemanja tell the three servants?

I cannot help my daughter.

My daughter must come back to the sea.

She packed a bag of night for them to carry back to her daughter.

She goes back to earth to see her daughter.

1 point

A generalization about day is that ____________________________.

People are awake in the daytime.

People only work during the daytime.

Along the equator, the number of daylight hours is always the same.

Day is better than night.

10.

1 point

What does it mean to visualize something?

To look at it.

To draw a picture on a piece of paper.

To quickly look over something.

To draw a picture in your head and think about what it looks like.

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