A Corner of the Universe

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. What business do Hattie’s parents run?

A) a cleaning service

B) a restaurant

C) a boardinghouse

D) a carnival

2. Which set of adjectives best describes Hattie at the beginning of the summer?

A) outgoing, talkative, carefree

B) shy, quiet, responsible

C) loud, playful, athletic

D) selfish, standoffish, silent

3. Who are most of Hattie’s friends?

A) kids from her class in school

B) girls she met at last year’s dance

C) her cousins in the next town

D) adults in Millerton

4. Why does Hattie wish Miss Hagerty were her grandmother instead of Nana?

A) Miss Hagerty knows how to sew.

B) Miss Hagerty is encouraging and understanding.

C) Miss Hagerty teaches Hattie how to do makeup.

D) Miss Hagerty knows the truth about Adam’s illness.