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Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. To whom does Snowman pretend to talk through his broken watch?
2. Who does Snowman say is giving him the silent treatment?
3. Who was Snowman before he became Snowman?
4. What does Jimmy’s father do for a living?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What do readers know about the world in which Snowman lives?
2. How are Ramona and Jimmy’s mother different?
3. How would you characterize the weather in Snowman’s world?
4. What does the presence of wolvogs, pigoons, and bobkittens tell you about the novel’s setting?
Paired Resource
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Parts I-IV, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Reading Check
1. What is in the letter that Jimmy finds when he comes home from school one day?
2.
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