"The Scholarship Jacket"

Martha lives with her grandparents because her parents

• are too poor to feed all the children

• do not live near school

• died when she was 6

• live with her grandparents

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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 because she had forgotten them.

• 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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

In the past, the scholarship jacket has always gone to a student

• with financial aid

• who is popular with the teachers

• who has earned the highest grades

• whose parents are well-respected in the community

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Marta believes she should get the scholarship jacket because she

• is smarter than everyone else

• wants it very much

• has the highest grades

• won't get a sports jacket

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The author implies that Mr. Boone

• had a strong personal dislike for Marta

• knew Marta was not really as intelligent as other people

• felt that Joann had more leadership ability

• was more concerned about pleasing Joann's father than being fair to Marta

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The most likely reason for the Board's new policy concerning the scholarship jacket is that the members

• think the jacket costs too much to give away

• wants everyone to have an equal chance

• hold a grudge against Marta's grandfather

• want the daughter of a powerful Board member to get it

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of this selection?

• When she went to pick up her gym clothes, Martha overheard a conversation between two teachers that shocked and saddened her.

• At Marta's school, the 8th grade valedictorian was traditionally awarded a beautiful green and gold jacket.

• Although Marta had earned the scholarship jacket, she almost lost it to a less deserving student.

• Marta's older sister had won the scholarship jacket, and Marta deeply wanted to win it is as well.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Why did Marta's grandfather say he would not give her the fifteen dollars?

• He said they did not have that kind of money.
• He thought if she had earned it by getting the highest grades, she shouldn't have to pay for it.
• He did not think it was important for Marta to have the jacket.
• He wanted to teach Marta that being at the top of the class is not the most important thing.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

When did the principal finally decide that Marta would get the jacket?

• when Marta said that they would have to give the jacket to Joann
• right after Marta told him what her grandfather had said
• the day of the graduation
• right after his first meeting with Marta

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1