Studysync Barrio Boy Flashcard

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formidable (in the context of the paragraph provided)

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causing fear or worry that something bad will happen; impressive

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The author most likely included the following sentence to _____________.

Almost tiptoeing across the office, I maneuvered myself to keep my mother between me and the gringo lady.

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remind the reader that the narrator is young and nervous

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What information mainly does the following passage convey (paragraph 12)?

Miss Ryan took me to a seat at the front of the room, into which I shrank—the better to survey her. She was, to skinny, somewhat runty me, of a withering height when she patrolled the class. And when I least expected it, there she was, crouching by my desk, her blond radiant face level with mine, her voice patiently maneuvering me over the awful idiocies of the English language.
Options: The narrator is anxious in Miss Ryan’s presence., Miss Ryan thinks the narrator is an exceptional student., Miss Ryan is more than six feet tall., The narrator dislikes Miss Ryan trying to explain the “idiocies” of English.

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The narrator is anxious in Miss Ryan’s presence.

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What is the main idea of paragraph 17?

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The Lincoln School encouraged each of the students to embrace his or her individual identity.

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Inference about the narrator from the first paragraph of the excerpt.

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The narrator is apprehensive at first about his new school due to its unfamiliarity.

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Which sentence most strongly supports the answer to question 5?

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“I noticed other differences, none of them very reassuring.”

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What is most likely the narrator’s reason for interrupting Miss Ryan in the passage: "When we came to know each other better, I tried interrupting to tell Miss Ryan how we said it in Spanish. It didn’t work."

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The narrator wants to impress Miss Ryan with words he knows that she does not.

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Which phrase from the excerpt most strongly supports your answer to Question 7?

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“The main reason I was graduated with honors from the first grade was that I had fallen in love with Miss Ryan.”

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Place the sentences in the correct chronological order: 1. The narrator notices that the interpreter is “brown like us.” 2. Miss Ryan takes the narrator to a seat in front of the class 3. The narrator learns to pronounce butterfly. 4. The narrator maneuvers himself behind his mother in Miss Hopley’s office.

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4, 1, 2, 3

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Which description matches Ms. Hopley? Options: “…blond radiant face...”, “…a high forehead topped with hair gathered in a bun.”, “…faintly obnoxious.”, “... a skinny Italian boy...”

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“…a high forehead topped with hair gathered in a bun.”