Understanding Characters' Feelings

Open Ended

List some ways Angela tried to fit in at her school?

Open Ended

Similes compare two things using "like" or "as."

Why would Angela be compared to "the Invisible Girl"?

Multiple Choice

What is paragraph 7 mostly about?

• what Angela said to Mike and Lucy

• how Angela felt in the classroom

• what Angela's mother told her

• how Angela started drawing pictures

Open Ended

Look at the pronouns used in the passage.

Which are used the most?

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the selection supports the inference that Angela wants to fit in at her new school?

• She was embarrassed to admit the truth to her mother.

• Everybody at Angela's new school seemed to be wearing black-and-white sneakers.

• On the way into school, Angela smiled at some girls from her class.

• Angela entered the fifth-grade classroom like the Invisible Girl.

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 6, "Angela entered the fifth-grade classroom like the invisible Girl" means that-

• the teacher called her name

• she was very skinny

• no one noticed her

• she went through a closed door

Multiple Choice

Who is telling the story in "falling into Place"?

• Angela

• Angela's mother

• Angela's cat

• a third-person narrator