Popularity, by Adam Bagdasarian

What were the Allans and the narrator looking for?

• 4 leafed clovers

• A magic lamp

• A leperchaun's pot of gold

• Money

Why were the Allans looking for four leafed clovers?

• To get 3 wishes

• To get money

• To be popular

• To be the best soccer player in the school

Who is Sean?

• The most popular kid in school

• The narrator

• The least popular kid in school

• The narrator's best friend

Who is Mitch?

• Sean's brother

• The narrator

• The joker in the popular group

• The most popular kid in the school

What type of conflict is illustrated below?

Somewhere inside me I knew that ten-year-old boys were not supposed to spend their recess circling oak trees in search of four-leaf clovers. Still, that’s what I and my equally unpopular acquaintances, Allan Gold and Allan Shipman, were doing while the rest of our classmates played tag and kickball and pushed each other higher and higher on the swings.

• character vs character

• character vs society

• character vs self

• character vs nature

What type of conflict is illustrated below?

I had been resigned to my rank for many months, but now, looking at the two Allans (still arguing over the same three-leaf clover), then at the popular boys, I suddenly knew that I could not stand another day at the bottom. I wanted to be a part of the noise and the laughter; I wanted, I needed, to be popular.

• character vs character

• character vs society

• character vs self

• character vs nature

The text below reveals what critical part of the story?

We had been looking for four-leaf clovers every school day for six months. And each of us knew exactly what he would do if he ever found one: he would hold the lucky clover tight in his hand close his eyes, and wish he was so popular that he would never have to spend time with the other two again.

• conflict

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

The text below reveals what critical part of the plot?

Somewhere inside me I knew that ten-year-old boys were not supposed to spend their recess circling oak trees in search of four-leaf clovers. Still, that’s what I and my equally unpopular acquaintances, Allan Gold and Allan Shipman, were doing while the rest of our classmates played tag and kickball and pushed each other higher and higher on the swings.

• exposition

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

The text below reveals what critical part of the plot?

I took a deep breath and then, with great trepidation, crossed the twenty longest yards I had ever walked in my life and found myself standing a few feet from the outer circle of what I hoped was my destiny. I lowered my head a little, so as not to draw attention to myself, and watched and listened..

• exposition

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action