The Jacket
The Challenge
Seventh Grade
Marble Champ
Gary Soto
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Who is the main character in The Jacket? 

Gary Soto (first person POV)

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Who is the main character of The Challenge 

Jose Comacho

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Who is the main character in Seventh Grade? 

Victor

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Who is the main character of Marble Champ?

Lupe Medrano

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Where and when was Gary Soto born?

April 12, 1952

Fresno, California

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What is the conflict of the passage?

Gary was given an ugly jacket and believes that terrible things happen because of it. 

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What is the conflict Jose is experiencing? 

Jose like Estela and is trying to impress her. In doing so, he lies about his ability to play racket ball. He ends up playing against Estela and loses miserably.
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What is Victor's conflict? 
Victor takes a French course to try and impress a girl (Teresa) but ends up embarrassing himself.  
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What is the conflict of Marble Champ?

Lupe wants to be good at sports but isn't athletically inclined like her classmates, so she starts to train at marbles to become decent at a sport.

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What is the name of the Gary Soto's wife? 

Carolyn Oda

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What type of jacket did Gary want?

Gary wanted a leather jacket that had studs on it to make him look like a biker. 
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What does Jose do to help him train? Does it actually help him?

Jose asks his tio, Freddie, to help him train. It ends up doing nothing helpful.

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What is the name of the French teacher in Seventh grade? 

Mr. Bueller.

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How does Lupe overcome her conflict in Marble Champ?

Lupe trains at the game marbles for weeks by doing exercises and plays against other kids before a competition. 

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Who was the primary demographic (audience) of Gary Soto's works? 

Children and young teens; Mexican Americans

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Provide two examples of how the jacket affects Gary's life.

He was failed his math quiz

He had no girls during those three years

He was bullied on the playground


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How does Jose change from the beginning of the story? 

He decides to not play racket ball and avoids Estela from now on. 
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Why does Michael and Victor scowl (frown/ look angry) at other people during their first days of class? 

Michael convinced Victor that it makes them look cool and that all the girls like it when they look like that. 

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What two characters encourage Lupe to overcome her conflict? 

Her brother and father. 

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Why did Gary Soto write and publish his novels? 

Gary wanted to represent Mexican Americans in literature so young Mexican Americans felt seen and understood in what they read. 

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What is the theme of the passage? 

Things that we dislike at first can become special to us overtime.

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What is the theme of the passage "The Challenge"? 

Do not lie about yourself to impress others. 

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What is the theme of Seventh Grade 

You should be honest when trying to make impressions.
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What is the theme of Marble Champ? 

Goal can be met through dedication and hard work.

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What was the first novel Gary Soto published?

The Elements of San Juaquin (1977)

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