Amigo Brothers

What is the setting of this story?

• St. Louis, Missouri

• Orlando, Florida

• Lower East Side, Manhattan

• San Diego, California

Which word matches the following definition: avoiding.

• pensively

• evading

• interwoven

• tenement

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word matches the following definition: apartment.

• tenement

• interwoven

• pensively

• evading

Which word matches the following definition: connected closely; blended

• evading

• tenement

• pensively

• interwoven

The internal conflict that both Felix and Antonio face is

• how to become a better fighter than his friend by the time of the match.

• how to avoid being laughed at if his friend wins the fight.

• how each can best pursue his own goal without hurting his best friend.

• how to end their friendship so that one can fight the other

An internal conflict can involve a struggle between

• a person and another person.

• a person and nature.

• a person and their own emotions.

• a person and a group of people.

Which of the following statements about Felix and Antonio is FALSE?

• The boys share a collection of "Fight" magazines.

• Neither boy has every represented his community in a match before.

• Felix is a stronger puncher.

• Antonio is the better boxer.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What effect does the movie "The Champion" have on Felix's outlook on the fight?

• Felix does not want to see Antonio beaten like the challenger in the movie.

• Felix sees himself as the champion and Antonio as the challenger.

• Felix decides that winning the fight is not worth ending their friendship.

• Felix knows that real life rarely, if ever, works out as life does in the movies.

When Felix tells Antonio that he wants to win the fight "fair and square," he means that he does not

• want Antonio to let him win.

• like the way Antonio fights.

• want to go through with the fight.

• trust Antonio's trainer.

In order to fight each other, Felix and Antonio decide that each must

• force himself to hate the other.

• never see each other again.

• think of his best friend as a stranger.

• give up his own personal goal.