Reading unit 1

Which passage from the story most strongly supports the answer?

"An ugly sweater like that all raggedy and old, but Mrs. Price believes her. Mrs. Price takes the sweater and puts it right on my desk, but when I open my mouth nothing comes out."

Which passage from the text most strongly supports the answer?

"Today I wish I was one hundred and two instead of eleven because if I was one hundred and two I'd have known what to say when Mrs. Price put the red sweater on my desk."

Which of the following sentences best summarizes this short story?

An experience at school causes a girl to feel unsure of herself, leading her to consider what it means to be one year older.

The person the sweater actually belongs to

Phyllis Lopez

Doesn't like Rachel for some reason

Sylvia Saldivar

Frustrated that no one will claim the sweater

Mrs. Price

Embarrassed in front of the class

Rachel

Which of the following statements is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 3)? "Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That's how being eleven years old is."

She believes people are a product of all their past ages.

Which of the follow best explains the narrator's feelings about the red sweater?

She is embarrassed that Mrs. Price and the other students think the sweater is hers.

What does the following passage mainly reveal about the narrator (paragraph 2)? "I don't know why but all of a sudden I'm feeling sick inside, like the part of me that's three wants to come out of my eyes, only I squeeze them shut tight and bite down on my teeth real hard and try to remember today I am eleven, eleven."

She wants to cry but reminds herself she should be old enough not to.

Which of the following abilities does the narrator mainly believe older people have that younger people don't?

The wisdom to handle a tough situation

Personification

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Simile

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metaphor

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Which of the following words most closely describes what the narrator is feeling in paragraph 22? "I'm eleven today. I'm eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one, but I wish I was one hundred and two. I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it."

shame

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