"My Favorite Chaperone" Study Guide

"My Favorite Chaperone" Study Guide

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Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the main conflict in the story?

• Maya needs permission to go to a school dance.

• Maya has to do her mother’s job when her mother is injured.

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Maya is upset when she is called to the office because...

• she thinks she is in trouble.

• she is worried about missing gymnastics.

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Why does Maya give an incorrect translation of what the principal says about Nurzhan’s fight?

• She needs Nurzhan’s help to go to a dance.

• She wants to keep her father from becoming angry.

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One reason Maya’s parents have stricter rules than her friends’ parents is that her parents

• have to work long hours at their jobs.

• are from a country with different customs.

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Nurzhan helps to resolve the story’s conflict by

• offering to be Maya’s chaperone.

• signing Maya’s permission slip.

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Who has to take on more responsibility when Mama gets hurt?

• Maya

• Aunt Madina

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What does Mama do to show that she understands that growing up in America will be different for Maya?

• She gives Maya a special bracelet to wear to the dance.

• She defends Maya when the family’s dinner burns.

Multiple Choice

What does stun mean?

• to shock someone

• to create a lot of noise

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A synonym for scuffle

• fight

• give

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What is a whimper?

• a fight

• a soft cry

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The job of a dispatcher is to

• send out vehicles according to a schedule.

• convince people to ride in a taxi.

Multiple Select

Which of Maya’s actions show that she is a responsible daughter?

• Maya takes over Mama's jobs when she gets hurt.

• Maya is concerned that Mrs. Coe will think she is unreliable when she has to miss the meet.

• My helps Nurzhan with his homework.

• Maya agrees to locate Papa and translate for him after Nurzhan is suspended for fighting.

Multiple Select

What is the climax of the story?

• When Nurzhan takes the permission slip and convinces Mama and Papa let Maya go to the dance.

• When Mama tells Papa that Maya is doing her best, that she is just a young girl.

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The exposition of a story contains...

• the setting.

• main characters.

• the situation the characters find themselves in.

• the falling action that leads to the resolution.