45 pages 1 hour read

Alice Munro

Boys And Girls

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1964

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Reading Check, Multiple Choice & Short Answer Quizzes

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Reading Check

1. Why does the narrator’s mother dislike the family fox business? (Paragraph 2)

2. Despite naming the foxes, why does the narrator not see the foxes as pets? (Paragraph 9)

3. How does the narrator feel about seeing her mother by the barn? (Paragraph 15)

4. What does the narrator not consider as a reason for her mother wanting to keep her in the house? (Paragraph 17)

5. In a memory, what did the narrator do to her brother for the purpose of having a story? (Paragraph 37)

6. What does the narrator do as Flora runs to the gate? (Paragraph 48)

Multiple Choice

1. At around what time of the year does the narrator’s father begin preparing for skinning the foxes? (Paragraph 2)

A) summertime

B) just before autumn begins

C) a few weeks before Christmas

D) during the rainy season

2. What kind of stories does the narrator tell herself when she goes to bed? (Paragraph 6)

A) She imagines herself in precarious situations in the future.

B) She reimagines stories from her past.

C) She imagines faraway places with fantastical creatures.

D) She repeats stories she reads in school.

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