"Tuesday Siesta"

Which of the following inferences about the mother is best supported by the passage?

• A. The mother is cruel and demanding.

• B. The mother is stern, but caring.

• C. The mother is generous and joyful.

• D. The mother is critical, but insecure.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which phrase from the text best indicates the harsh environment that the mother and daughter experience on the train trip?

• A. “quivering tunnel of sandy rocks”

• B. “spinal column braced firmly”

• C. “under the oppressive sun”

• D. “severe and poor mourning clothes”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following statements from the story is most surprising during the unfolding of events?

• A. “‘I need the priest,’ she said.”

• B. “‘It’s an emergency,’ the woman insisted. Her voice showed a calm determination.”

• C. “‘He’s the thief who was killed here last week,’ said the woman in the same tone of voice. ‘I am his mother.’”

• D. “‘He was my only boy.’”

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What information does the following passage best convey (paragraph 57)?

“Yawning, and now almost completely asleep, he gave them instructions about how to find Carlos Centeno’s grave. When they came back, they didn’t have to knock. They should put the key under the door; and in the same place, if they could, they should put an offering for the Church.”

• A. The Father has little interest in the mother’s son and does not want to be awakened when the mother and daughter return.

• B. Although the Father has a duty to ask guests to provide a monetary donation, he wants to assist the mother and daughter to the cemetery.

• C. Although the Father is exhausted, he wants to extend a welcome to the mother and daughter to stay the evening at the parish for a small fee.

• D. The Father does not believe the mother and daughter need further guidance and he will be gone when they return.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following selections best states a theme of the story?

• A. A daughter should listen to her mother in order to learn the correct social behaviors.

• B. One person’s concept of acceptable behavior can differ from another’s.

• C. It is often necessary to travel long distances in order to arrive at a destination.

• D. People in small towns know immediately when strangers are visiting.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which sentence from the passage most strongly supports the answer to Question 6?

• A. “‘Later, don’t take a drink anywhere even if you’re dying of thirst.’”

• B. “For a moment a complete picture of the town, on that bright August Tuesday, shone in the window."

• C. “‘I told him never to steal anything that anyone needed to eat, and he minded me.’”

• D. "There were groups of people under the almond trees.”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following selections best expresses the Father’s opinion of the mother?

• A. The Father thinks the mother is courageous for traveling to the cemetery to visit her son.

• B. The Father thinks the mother could benefit from assisting him with work at the parish.

• C. The Father thinks the mother is thoughtless for disturbing him during his sleep.

• D. The Father thinks the mother could have taught her son to be a better man.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which sentence from the passage most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• A. “The parish records were beyond.”

• B. ‘“He says you should come back after three,’ she said in a very low voice.”

• C. ‘“Didn’t you ever try to get him on the right track?’”

• D. “The Father scanned the street swimming in the heat and then he understood.”

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is most closely the meaning of conscientious serenity as it is used in the following passage (paragraph 4)?

"She was riding with her spinal column braced firmly against the back of the seat, and held a peeling patent-leather handbag in her lap with both hands. She bore the conscientious serenity of someone accustomed to poverty."

• A. Being the eldest person in a group of people

• B. Dignity in an unpleasant environment

• C. Saving money to buy something better

• D. Knowledge and acceptance of a situation

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The correct sequence of the following events is:

A mother and daughter take a train ride through several towns on a trip that begins close to the sea.

A mother and daughter wake up the parish Father so that they may get his keys and visit a cemetery.

A story is told of the way in which a lonely widow kills Carlos Centeno Ayala when he tries to break into her home.

The people of the small town gather in the streets across from the parish.

The Father urges the mother to wait until sundown to visit the cemetery.

• A mother and daughter take a train ride through several towns on a trip that begins close to the sea.

  
  

  A story is told of the way in which a lonely widow kills Carlos Centeno Ayala when he tries to break into her home.

  
  

  A mother and daughter wake up the parish Father so that they may get his keys and visit a cemetery.

  
  

  The people of the small town gather in the streets across from the parish.

  
  

  The Father urges the mother to wait until sundown to visit the cemetery.

• correct as is

• A mother and daughter wake up the parish Father so that they may get his keys and visit a cemetery.

  
  

  A story is told of the way in which a lonely widow kills Carlos Centeno Ayala when he tries to break into her home.

  
  

  A mother and daughter take a train ride through several towns on a trip that begins close to the sea.

  
  

  The people of the small town gather in the streets across from the parish.

  
  

  The Father urges the mother to wait until sundown to visit the cemetery.

• The Father urges the mother to wait until sundown to visit the cemetery.

  
  

  A mother and daughter take a train ride through several towns on a trip that begins close to the sea.

  
  

  A mother and daughter wake up the parish Father so that they may get his keys and visit a cemetery.

  
  

  A story is told of the way in which a lonely widow kills Carlos Centeno Ayala when he tries to break into her home.

  
  

  The people of the small town gather in the streets across from the parish.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7