"You Are the Electric Boogaloo/Just Be Yourself"

In "You Are the Electric Boogaloo," why does the author's teen self feel humiliated?

• His pants burst during a break-dancing performance

• He and his friends participated in a break-dancing performance

• His shirt got stuck to the floor during a break-dancing performance

• He was escorted from a mall during a break-dancing performance

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What advice does the author give himself in "You Are the Electric Boogaloo?"

• keep dancing

• make good friends

• Learn from your mistakes and then make changes as needed

• switch to a more respectable career

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Why does the author's teen self spend so much time in the library in "Just Be Yourself!"?

• Her classes are challenging

• Her friends eat lunch there

• She feels like an outsider

• She admires the librarian

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What does the author encourage her teen self to do in "Just Be Yourself!"?

• get to know herself

• find one hobby and stick with it

• join more social groups at school

• trust others to make good choices

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What does immense mean?

• private

• fading

• dizzy

• huge

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What does majestic mean?

• polluted

• famous

• hidden

• grand

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What does numerous mean?

• great quantity

• few

• countable

• limited

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How does the author of "You Are the Electric Boogaloo" view his failure as an adult?

• embarrassing

• forgettable

• humorous

• tragic

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What is the most likely purpose for the author of "You Are the Electric Boogaloo" to write the letter to his younger self?

• to show compassion for his younger self

• to persuade friends to support his younger self

• to keep his younger self from making mistakes

• to entertain his younger self with stories from the past

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