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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT WASHWOMAN EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -11 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Which phrase best describes the story Isaac Bashevis Singer tells in "The Washwoman?"
Answer:
a true story that happened long ago
Question 2: Who is the narrator, the person who is telling the story?
Answer:
Isaac Bashevis Singer Question 3: What quotation explains what keeps the washwoman from dying when she is ill?
Answer:
"I could not rest easy in bed because of the wash."
Question 4: What does the narrator most admire about the washwoman?
Answer:
her sense of duty and pride in her work
Question 5: What clues helped you to predict that the washwoman would come back with the laundry?
Answer:
She is honest and dependable.Question 6: Which character in "The Washwoman" does the narrator dislike?
Answer:
the washwoman's son Question 7: In Singer's essay, which word best describes how the mother treats the washwoman?
Answer:
kindly Question 8: In Singer's essay, what does the mother mean when she calls the washwoman "a real find?"
Answer:
Her work is excellent.Question 9: When you make a prediction about what will happen in a story, on what do you base your prediction? (3 parts)
Answer:
1) what you know about how real people behave
2) what you know about the author's real life
3) what has already happened in a story
Answer: II, III, IV
Question 10: In "The Washwoman," what is a significant detail that moves the story along?
Answer:
"Under the bundle tottered the old woman, her face as white as a linen sheet."
Question 11: Why is "The Washwoman" called a narrative essay?
Answer:
It tells a story about a real person.