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