Comprehension
Vocabulary
Close Reading
Bonus Column
100
At the start of “An Hour With Abuelo,” what does Arturo’s mother want him to do?
visit his grandfather in a nursing home
100
In the following quotation from “An Hour With Abuelo,” what is the most likely meaning of recreation? Choose based on context clues in the passage.
[The grandchildren] all make it quick and spend the rest of the time in the recreation area, where they play checkers and stuff with some of the old people’s games. . . .
having to do with entertaining activities
100
What main message does the author convey in “An Hour With Abuelo”?
People can be happy even if life does not turn out as planned.
Don't Judge a book by its cover.
Being old doesn't mean having a lack of ambition.
100
"With great power comes great responsibility." Who said that?
Uncle Ben
200
In “An Hour With Abuelo,” how does Arturo feel about his mother’s request?
reluctant
200
What is the most likely meaning of issues as used in the following quotation from “An Hour With Abuelo”? Choose based on context clues in the passage.
. . . I catch up on back issues of Modern Maturity. I’m not picky, I’ll read almost anything.
copies of a periodical
200
In “An Hour With Abuelo,” how do young Arturo’s descriptions of the old-age home make the place appear to the reader?
depressing
200
Whenever I'm present
My enemies clamor
I've shocked even friend
When I picked up that hammer
Captain America! This happened in End Game!
300
In what setting does most of “An Hour With Abuelo” take place?
present-day Brooklyn
300
In the following quotation from “An Hour With Abuelo,” what is the most likely meaning of drafted? Choose based on context clues in the passage.
“‘Then the war came, and the American President said that all Puerto Rican men would be drafted. I wrote to our governor and explained that I was the only teacher in the mountain village. I told him that the children would go back to the fields and grow up ignorant if I could not teach them their letters. I said that I thought I was a better teacher than a soldier. . . . ’”
ordered to serve in the military
300
What is Auturo's response when he tells us that his mother is "always saying in a sad voice, "Ay, bendito! What a waste of a fine mind." Thens she usually shrugs her shoulders and says, "Asi es la vida." That's the way life is."
Autor gets mad and compares himself to the adults, saying that he is a fighter even though they are not.
300
You lose a turn!
400
In “An Hour With Abuelo,” what surprises Arturo about Abuelo’s condition?
The grandfather is mentally very sharp.
400
What does the word "latrines" mean, as used in the following passage:
"The sergeant said I was too smart for my own good, and gave me a job cleaning latrines. He said to me there is reading material for you there, scholar. Read the writing on the walls. I spent the war mopping floors and cleaning toilets.
Toilets
400
What did Arturo use these words for:
"like a crumpled-up brown sack"
Arturo used these words to describe his Abuelo.
400
Black
Beard
Big and
Bald
Who's the man that has it all?
Mr. Hayes!!!
500
For Arturo, what event at the end of “An Hour With Abuelo” is most unexpected?
The grandfather has been timing Arturo’s visit and is eager for his grandson to leave.
500
^&?
67
500
Did Arturo want to leave the nursing home, at the end of his visit with Abuelo?
No. Arturo tried pushing Abuelo to the Rec room. Abuelo told him...
"6, 7. You gotta go!"
500
Thought you had a friend!
You don't! You also don't have 500 points!