The Black Widow
  • 1. What was the author's name?
A) Niki
B) Mom
C) Samantha
D) Jennifer
  • 2. Niki was the author's ...
A) sister
B) cousin
C) friend
D) brother
  • 3. The author was what type of sleeper?
A) a sound sleeper
B) a light sleeper
C) a snorer
D) a sleepwalker
  • 4. When the author suggested that she was going to sleep outside
A) she expected her mother to say it was fine
B) she was excited
C) she expected Niki to join her
D) She thought that her mother would say something against the idea
  • 5. What was different about sleeping outside?
A) the author snored
B) the girls didn't sleep at all
C) Niki didn't snore
D) they slept for many, many hours
  • 6. What wasn't an effect of the spider bite?
A) Niki's arm swelled up
B) Niki's arm hurt
C) Niki's fingers became blue and numb
D) Niki became very sick and threw up
  • 7. Why was the author blaming herself for Niki getting bit?
A) because she had Niki sleep next to a spider's web knowing that there was a good chance she would get bit.
B) because she knew that there were webs in the flower bed and she thought she should have been more tolerant of Niki's snoring.
C) because although she didn't know aobut the webs in the flower bed, she should have been more tolerant about Niki's snoring.
D) because the author's pet spider escaped and bit Niki.
  • 8. Leaving the doctor's office how did the author feel?
A) She was so upset that she was vomitting.
B) She was doubtful about what the doctor said.
C) She was 100% sure that Niki would be okay.
D) She was 100% sure that Nikki would die.
  • 9. Why did Niki say that she "wanted to be brave" like the author?
A) because they both were doing something for the first time.
B) because she thought sleeping outside was scary and was impressed that the author was going to do it.
C) because they both had survived bites from dangerous animals.
D) because the author had been bitten by a spider in the past and she wanted to recover like her.
  • 10. Why was Niki famous?
A) she proved to everyone that people can survive being bitten by a black widow.
B) because she was the author's relative.
C) because she was the first person in their town to be bitten by a black widow.
D) because she snored louder than anyone.
  • 11. What is venom?
A) blood
B) pus
C) poison
D) sugan
  • 12. How often do people die from spider bites?
A) never
B) rarely
C) all the time
D) often
  • 13. What do you think will happen to the girls in the story?
A) they will live together forever
B) they will never talk again
C) they will probably visit eacher other again during another summer.
D) they will talk sometimes, but never see each other again.
  • 14. What do you think the moral of the story is?
A) never try to get revenge
B) myths aren't always true
C) blood is thicker than water
D) spiders are evil
  • 15. What is something you could have learned from the story?
A) that people from Chicago are really strong
B) spiders have poison to protect themselves from other insects and for using it to kill to get food.
C) that black widow spiders are deadly
D) that sleeping outside cures snoring
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