QUick Check on "FEAR" by Gary Soto

Which sentence from the story supports the theme of “treating others how you would like to be treated”?

• A. “When a teacher manhandled him, we all wanted to run away, but instead we stared and felt

  ashamed.” - paragraph 10

• B. “He looked at me smiling as if I had a camera in my hand...” - paragraph 3

• C. “He wiped sand from his knees and warned me not to mess around with him anymore.” - paragraph 8

• D. “Frankie scared most of the school out of its wits and even had girls scampering

  out of view when showed himself on the playground.” -

Vocabulary

2. Read the following dictionary entry. Which definition best matches the use of the word riffled in

paragraph 9?

• A. to remove contents best or most easily

• B. search quickly through something, especially to cause disorder

• C. to shuffle

• D. move with a small, quick motion

2.5B – Character Motivation

3. Why do Frankie's classmates feel sympathetic toward him when he is being manhandled by his teacher,

Mr. Koligian?

• A. Students have experienced similar treatment from Mr. Koligian in the past.

• B. They understand that Frankie's abusive actions toward others are due to a lack of love and

  compassion from his own family.

• C. Frankie may deserve such treatment from classmates he has bullied, but he should not be treated this

  way by a teacher.

• D. Frankie's classmates are relieved that none of them are experiencing the abuse from Mr. Koligian.

2.18B – Revising and Editing

5. Read the following sentence and decide what change needs to be made:

We girls had an awesome “spa day” with lot’s of laughs but none of the pre-date jitters.

• A. Change We girls to Us girls

• B. Change lot’s to lots

• C. Change but none to but without none

• D. No changes needs to be made in this sentence

2.5c Point of View/Tone

“Some of us looked away because it was unfair. We knew the house he lived in: The empty refrigerator, the father gone, the mother in a sad bathrobe, the beatings, the yearnings for something to love.”

“We all watched him flop about as Mr. Koligian shook and grew red from anger. We knew his house and, for some, it

was the same one to walk home to: The broken mother, the indifferent walls, the refrigerator's glare which fed the people no one wanted."

6. The tone of both quotations can best be described as -

• A. guarded

• B. surprised

• C. apologetic

• D. positive

2.7a – Symbolism, Sensory Language

7. In lines of the last paragraph, the “sad bathrobe” is a symbol for the speaker’s -

• A. Frankie T’s Mother’s clothing

• B. Frankie T’s Mother’s depression and fatigue

• C. Frankie T’s abusive relationship with his mother

• D. an old, ragged bathrobe

2.6 Tone

4. In paragraph 1, the author’s attitude about Frankie T is –

• A. dejected

• B. confused

• C. foreboding

• D. gloomy