CFA: Born Worker

Read the sentences from the text:

"Jose walked away from Arnie's jabbering. He walkded away, and realized that there were people like his cousin, the liar, and people like himself, someone he was gettting to know. He walked away in the midmorning heat and boosted himself up a telephone pole...and saw for himself...a future lost in the layers of yellowish haze." (Soto)

From reading this, what can you infer about Jose's character?

• He is brave and likes to see the world from a telephone pole.

• Jose realizes that he is the better man when compared to Arnie.

• The future made him sad, but now he's happier about the future.

• He has a new understanding of himself and what he is capable of.

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Which statement best summarizes the theme of the story?

• Jose walked away from Arnie's jabbering.

• He climbed up and saw for himself...

• ...a future lost in the yellowish haze.

• Someone he was getting to know.

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In the first two paragraphs of Born Worker, Soto provides phrases to illustrate that Jose is a "born worker":

"Jose was born with a ring of dirt around his neck, with grime under his fingernails, and skin calloused from the grainy twist of a shovel."

What does this phrase reveal about Jose?

• Jose will be like his father and work the rest of his life.

• Jose and his family have always know what the future holds for Jose.

• Jose was a baby that liked to play in the dirt.

• Jose wouldn't settle for just being a "born worker".

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An extended metaphor is a metaphor that is referred to throughout the story Gary Soto refers to the telephone pole as an extended metaphor. What does the extended metaphor (telephone pole) represent?

• In the beginning, it represents a limited future; at the end, the pole represents the possibilities for the future.

• The telephone pole represents how high Jose will go in life.

• It represents his father's life and later on it represents Jose's view of his future.

• The telephone pole ties the story together showing the possibilities for Jose and Arnie.

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Which of these summaries is most accurate of Born Worker?

• Hard work makes someone not just a good worker, but a good person.

• The story reveals the power of good values and hard work through two cousins who see life very differently.

• Jose learns that his cousin doesn't know how to be a hard worker and will fail in life.

• One character is honest, the other lies. Both characters learn that honesty is the best policy.

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