Reading Comprehension Quiz (Terry Tempest Williams, “The Clan of One-Breasted Women”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Terry Tempest Williams, “The Clan of One-Breasted Women”

Read “The Clan of One-Breasted Women” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question Why does Williams mention her religion at the beginning of this essay?

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Question What was the flash of light that Williams dreamt about?

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Question Why was the United States government conducting above-ground nuclear tests?

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Question Williams uses the term “downwinders” to describe the people of Utah. What does she mean?

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Question In paragraph 29, Williams writes The King can do no wrong. Why does she include this quote in her essay?

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Question What is the reader to infer from the evidence presented in paragraph 35?

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Question What purpose does the story of Williams’s dream (paragraphs 38-51) serve?

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Question When the soldier discovers the pad and paper that Williams had stashed in her boot, why does Williams refer to them as “weapons”?

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