Running for Mayor

Running for Mayor

Multiple Choice

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A: What is the theme of the story?

• Parents are proud of their children.

• People have the power to make changes.

• Sometimes an elected official needs to be replaced.

• You can do anything with your parents' support.

Multiple Choice

Which evidence BEST supports the theme?

• Things can get better, and I want to be the one to start the changes.

• Your grandmother and great-grandmother would be proud.

• Lots of snow falls here in the winter, and the streets are not cleared quickly.

• The current mayor seems to be putting minimal effort into solving our city's

  problems.

Multiple Choice

What does the first person point of view help the reader understand?

• what Alita will do to create more jobs

• what Alita's family thinks of the mayor

• the city problems that worry Alita

• how Alita's mother will support her

Multiple Select

Which two statements from paragraph 1 BEST tell how Alita ​feels​ about

her city? Select ​two​.

• I stared out the window watching the falling rain.

• There is broken equipment in almost every park.

• Lots of snow falls here in the winter, and the streets are not cleared quickly.

• I love this city and it makes me unhappy to see these problems.

• Something needs to change to make the city better!

Multiple Choice

How do Alita's feelings toward the city’s problems change at the end of the

passage?

• She thinks Gary can fix the city's problems.

• She has hope that she can make a difference.

• She feels sad that she cannot fix the city's problems.

• She has a need to find out what her grandmother thinks.

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the passage.

"Alita, you’ve been sitting here for an hour. Why do you look so ​down in the

dumps​?"

What does the idiom ​down in the dumps ​mean in the sentences above?

• dirty

• impatient

• motionless

• unhappy

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from the passage.

Before he walked out of the room, he said, "If you need to talk, ​I'm all ears.​"

What does the idiom ​I'm all ears ​mean?

• I need advice.

• I can't hear you.

• I am ready to listen.

• I appreciate your help.

Multiple Choice

Read these sentences from the passage.

"What do we need to do ​to​ ​get the ball rolling​? How do you get your name on

the ballot?"

What does the idiom ​to get the ball rolling ​mean?

• to start something

• to play a game

• to get permission

• to solve the problem

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from the passage.

The current mayor seems to be putting ​minimal ​effort into solving our city's problems.

The origin of ​minimal ​comes from the Latin root ​minimum​, which means

"smallest." Based on this, what does ​minimal ​mean?

• the right amount

• giving as much as others

• giving more than enough

• the least amount possible

Multiple Choice

Read this sentence from the passage.

After I said good-bye to my mother, I felt ​like a million bucks​!

What does the idiom ​felt like a million bucks ​mean?

• lonely

• calm

• wealthy

• wonderful