"Hollywood and the Pits"

What changed for the narrator when she turned fifteen?

• She started to resent her mother.
• She stopped liking her work at the La Brea Tar Pits.
• She was no longer chosen for jobs in show business.
• She began to take pride in her past accomplishments.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What makes interpreting the record of past events from the study of the La Brea Tar Pits extremely difficult?

• the time period
• the churning action
• the fossils themselves
• the changing climate

Why did the narrator get a lot of roles when she was younger?

• She was pretty
• She had a successful sister
• She was very small for her age
• She had much more talent than other children

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

The skeletons in the tar pits that are particularly likely to be incomplete are those of...

• the young
• the old and sick
• herbivores
• animals that died first

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does the word ham mean, as used in the following sentence?  "We enjoyed singing and dancing, we were natural hams, and our parents never discouraged us."

• a type of meat
• a showy performer
• a girl
• an amateur, or nonprofessional

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word best completes the following sentence?  "The constant barrage of complaints resulted in the show being ______."

• rerun
• imitated
• popular
• canceled

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The narrator says, "I breathed, ate, slept, dreamed about the La Brea Tar Pits," What does this statement reveal about her?

• she was obsessed by the tar pits
• she was a very imaginative teenager
• she wanted to become an archaeologist
• She spent all her time at the La Brea Tar Pits.

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which description best describes the narrator's mother?

• a parent who is more concerned with money than happiness
• a pushy stage mom who forced her children into show business
• a highly critical parent who is disappointed with her children
• a supportive mother who doesn't understand her daughter

What do you think is the main reason the narrator liked working in the pits?

• she liked to dig
• she could get dirty
• she wasn't doing what her mother wants
• she was being useful and finding meaning

What is the most important lesson that the narrator learned from the tar pits?

• Hollywood is not real
• You have to adapt to survive
• It doesn't matter how you look
• She did not have "what it takes" to succeed