Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday

Why in France did Sandra Cisneros feel she had managed to “spin straw into gold”?

• a. She entertained guests with stories and fairy tales.
• b. She wrote her first critical essay for an exam
• c. She had left her parents’ house without getting married
• d. She made Mexican corn tortillas for the first time.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

 It seems as if the way Cisneros acted within her family as she became an adult was

• a. unconventional.
• b. disrespectful. 
• c. obedient
• d. customary

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

3. What did Cisneros say her family did a lot when she was young? 

• a. watch television 
• b. move around 
• c. have parties
• d. read and write

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was Cisneros like as a student while growing up?

• a. accomplished, the winner of awards
• b. awkward and not a good student
• c. a rebel who gave teachers a hard time
• d. very social and popular

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

 Soon after Cisneros’s family moved into their first house, she began

• a. cooking
• b. traveling
• c. gardening
• d. writing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

6. What did members of her family eventually become for Cisneros?

• a. characters in her writing
• b. forces to rebel against
• c. the source of much pain
• d. problems to be solved

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which description best tells how Cisneros seems to feel about her success

• a. embarrassed by what it cost her
• b. confident all along that it would come 
• c. surprised but proud and pleased
• d. anxious about whether it will continue 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

 What is the “straw” at the end of the essay that Cisneros says she spins into gold?

• a. land in Texas that will become her ranch 
• b. money that she has earned from her work 
• c. life experiences that she writes about 
• d. family members she will help change 

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

She intuitively understood the math problem and therefore

• a. dismissed it at once.
• b. struggled a great deal.
• c. solved it quickly

Tags

CCSS.1.OA.A.1

 Taboo behaviors are usually not

• a. encouraged.
• b. prohibited. 
• c. well-known.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5