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Pages 446-448
Pages 449-451
Pages 452-454
General Questions
Extra Questions
100
What is the genre of the passage?
autobiography
100
Why did the artist on page 449 make four self portraits of himself?
because his looks change according to his mood
100
On page 452 what did the artist paint inside the yellow sun?
her parents
100
Is the story fiction or nonfiction?
nonfiction
100
Fact or opinion: My mother and father were Holocaust survivors.
Fact
200
What did the painter on page 446 think about windows?
that they were a place to dream
200
What did the artist on page 450 like to draw when he was little?
rodeo horses and cowboys
200
What did the artist on page 453 realize about "flesh" color?
There is no such thing as one "flesh" color, everybody's skin has many colors in it.
200
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to give information and facts
200
Fact or Opinion: I can't imagine anything more wonderful than being an artist.
opinion
300
What did the artist on page 447 mainly paint about?
things she remembered from her childhood in Texas
300
Look at page 450. How did the artist's paintings change as he got older?
He began to draw abstract art and art from his imaginaion, not just reproducing what was in front of him.
300
What fairy tale princess did the painter on page 454 imagine herself to be?
Sleeping Beauty
300
What is an autobiography?
a story of a person's own life written by himself or herself
300
Fact or opinion: The desert blooms with barely any water.
Fact
400
Why did the artist on page 448 become a painter?
because when she was little she did not have a lot of toys so she began to draw colorful pictures
400
What does the artist on page 451 want to share with others through her paintings?
happiness
400
What does her character on the quilt symbolize?
a strong and fearless woman
400
Tell one way the artists in just like me are alike.
Teacher will decide.
400
Based on the selection, where did many of the artists get their ideas for their self-portraits?
from memories of when they were children
500
What words does the author on page 448 use to describe herself?
soft, gentle, quiet, but strong at the same time
500
In the first paragraph on page 451, what did the artist paint?
dolphins
500
What is the passage mostly about?
how artists see themselves
500
How are most of the paintings the same?
They show the artists' feelings.
500
According to the selection, why are Daryl Wells's four self-portraits all different?
because she used four different kinds of artist's colors: oil paints, watercolors, colored pencils and colored inks