Character Inferencing
How can you tell what age Juan is?
Correct answer include:
Wanting to move Juan up second grade
What is the setting of the text?
A) San Pablo
B) A City In Texas
C) School
D) Mexico
A) San Pablo
Which definition best matches the way the word tragedy is used in paragraph 3?
1. a dramatic composition
2. dreadful, or fatal event
3. the branch of the drama that is concerned with this form of composition.
2. dreadful, or fatal event
Why does Juan's grandmother react differently from Aunt Tina to the note from Juan's school?
A) Grandma wanted Juan to be in 2nd grade to learn how to work.
B) Grandma looked at Aunt Tina as if she had never seen her before and wondered what was so special.
C) Grandma had told Aunt Tina that Juan needed to be at a higher grade level.
D) Grandma recalled her childhood experience with not going to school and felt Juan also didn't need to go.
D) Grandma recalled her childhood experience with not going to school and felt Juan also didn't need to go.
What is one main theme for this text?
A) Skipping a grade can help one's future
B) Always try your best
C) Be special
D) Put family first
B) Always try your best
Which definition best matches the way the word inconvenient is used in paragraph 13?
1) Not easily accessible or at hand
2) Untimely
3) Not suiting one's needs or purposes
3) Not suiting one's needs or purposes
How could you describe Juan’s feelings towards his grandma’s reaction?
A) Frustrated and Confused
B) Proud and Scared
C) Proud and Unsure
D) Scared and annoyed
B) Proud and Scared
A) Juan
B)Grandma
C) Aunt Tina
D) Pablo
A) Juan
Which definition best matches the way the word complain is used in paragraph 7?
A) Express dissatisfaction about something
B) Express one's pain
C) To make an accusation
A) Express dissatisfaction about something
Why did Juan feel seen by his Aunt Tina?
A) Aunt Tina agreed with what grandma said
B) She congratulated him
C) She wanted him to stay in the current grade
D) She told grandma's story
B) She congratulated him
What is the author's purpose?
A) Inform about how a boy can skip grade levels
B) Persuade family to support children skipping a grade
C) Inform that skipping grades is possible
D) Entertain about Juan's success in school
D) Entertain about Juan's success in school
Which words from paragraph 17 help the reader understand what shawl means?
Answers may include:
put on, walk, down the street