Scholarship Jacket by Marta Salinas

Martha lives with her grandparents because her parents

• are too poor to feed children
• do not live near school
• died when she was 6
• live with her grandparents

Martha's grandparents supported themselves by

• running the only store in town
• teaching high school
• working on a farm

In the past the scholarship jacket has always gone to 

• student with the highest grades
• the student who is the most popular
• the student who does not have their own jacket

The author implies that Mr. Boone

• did not like Martha
• felt Joanne had more leadership ability
• wanted to make Joanne's father happy

The principal's behavior at the end

• is not concerned about fairness
• does not like Martha
• does not agree with the Board's decision
• has not given the Board's policy must thought

What finally triumphs in this story?

• power
• justice
• greed 
• compromise

By grandpa saying that he wouldn't pay for the jacket means

• it is not worth the money
• a real award should not have to be bought
• Martha did not deserve it

Why was Marta especially interested in getting the scholarship jacket?

• It was her only chance at getting a school jacket since she couldn't participate in sports.
• Her older sister had won it a few years back and she wanted to make sure she did not disappoint her parents.
• She had joined the basketball team, but after playing a few games, she was not considered good enough to stay on.
• She wanted to show her teachers that she was good for something.

What was Marta doing when she heard the two teachers arguing about who should be the valedictorian?

• She was on her way to her math class.
• She was going back to pick up her gym shorts from Mr. Boone's classroom.
• She was on her way to the principal's office.
• She was walking down the fall because she had decided not to go to PE since she didn't have her gym shorts.

In what way did Marta try to "not make it any easier" for the principal when she was called to the office?

• She refused to say anything when he explained the new policy.
• She told him he was going to have to talk to her grandfather himself.
• She looked him straight in the eye as he told her about the new policy.
• She refused to leave the office until he told her why there was a new policy.