STAAR STEM-Review questions

Which event contributes most to the narrator's inner conflict in the story?

• She doesn't speak up for herself enough when she should have.

• The teacher accuses her of leaving an old sweater behind.

• A classmate tells everyone the seater belongs to her.

• Mrs. Price forces her to wear the sweater in front of the class.

The description of the narrator's reaction to putting on the sweater in paragraph 19 emphasizes her

• rage

• sorrow

• humiliation

• elation

The author's use of the first-person point of view in this story enables the reader to-

• Determine the reason why the narrator's teacher insists the sweater belongs to her.

• Comprehend how Rachel's classmates view her.

• Observe the actions of the narrator only.

• Understand how the experience with the read sweater crushed her.

Read these

"Mama is making a cake for me for tonight, and when Papa gets home, everybody will sing happy birthday to you."

"There will be candles and presents and everybody will sing happy birthday, happy birthday to you, Rachel, only it is too late."

Based on these two sentences, the reader can conclude the the narrator-

• will find solace when she returns to her family

• realizes that not even her loving family will lessen the effects of this experience

• feels content knowing her parents are planning her birthday surprise

• is eager to go home to celebrate her birthday and open presents

Based on Mrs. Price's reaction to Phyllis' revelation, the reader can infer that Mrs. Price-

• is sure the narrator will be fine since Phyllis claimed ownership of the sweater

• thinks the narrator makes scenes too oftern

• is not concerned about the way she treated the narrator

• feels repentant about her actions to wards the narrator

Read these sentences from paragraph 13:

"But when the sick feeling goes away and I open my eyes, the red sweater's still sitting there like a big red mountain."

The figurative language in this sentence emphasizes that the narrator-

• feels powerless against the situation and the red sweater created

• is captivated by the red sweater's ugliness

• thinks the red sweater is too big for anyone, especially her

• believes in the paranormal and expected the red sweater to disappear

Read this excerpt from the story.

"What they don't understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one."

The narrator's thoughts in this excerpt reveal that she-

• counts back from her age to calm herself down

• believes you are a product of all your experiences

• relives the birthdays she's had in the past

• understands that even though she's older, people still don't tell her everything

In paragraph 22, the narrator's wish to be one-hundred-and-two shows that she-

• envies older people because they have more freedom

• wants to grow up quickly

• is determined to love to an old age

• wishes to put distance between herself and the experience she just had

Read the dictionary entry below.

NONSENSE \non-sens\n

1. words or ideas that are foolish or untrue. 2.Behavior that is sill, annoying, or unkind 3. Language that has no meaning 4. Anything having little or no importance

Which definition matches the meaning of nonsense in paragraph 15

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

Which sentence best summarizes the selection?

• An incident at school causes Rachel to embarrass herself in front of the entire classroom and even though the teacher cold have helped, she does nothing about it.

• Mrs. Price, Rachel's teacher, forces her to wear a red sweater in front of the class.

• A young girl is humiliated in front of her classmates.

• On Rachel's eleventh birthday, she is humiliated be being forced to wear a sweater that is not hers at school because of her inability to vocalize her thoughts.