Martina the Beautiful Cockroach-Comprehension

What is the MAIN problem in the story?

• Martina gets bad advice from Abuela.

• Martina needs to choose a husband.

• Martina's relatives bring too many gifts.

• Martina's father does not want her to marry

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.3

Why does Abuela ask Martina to use The Coffee Test?

• to teach Martina to be a good wife

• to help Martina pick a rich husband

• to help Martina pick a kind husband

• to teach Martina a secret family recipe

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CCSS.RL.3.3

Why does Martina say no to Don Gallo, the rooster?

• He is not beautiful.

• He yells when he is angry.

• He does not have enough money.

• Her father does not approve of him

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does the author repeat the words "Ti-ki-tin, ti-ki-tan" at the end of the story?

• to show that Martina will never find a husband

• to show that Abuela's advice did not work

• to show the anger of the characters

• to show that Martina is happy

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CCSS.RL.3.1

When a woman marries, we say that "she gives her hand in marriage."  What expression from the story is like this? 

• "you are a beautiful cockroach"
• "give her leg in marriage"
• "Martina the beautiful cockroach was ready to choose a husband."
• "Her Cuban grandmother gave her some shocking advice." 

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the setting of the story?

• Spain
• Mexico
• Lancaster
• Old Havanna

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.9

Which word below does NOT describe Don Gallo (the rooster)?

• shy

• selfish

• greedy

• stuck up

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CCSS.RL.3.3

Which TWO words best describes Don Cerdo, the pig? 

• stinky and cute
• stinky and smelly
• sweet and pudgy
• kind and caring

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CCSS.RL.3.3

Why doesn't Martina get mad when Perez spills coffee on her?

• She didn't like those shoes anyway.
• She was too tired to get mad at him.
• She realized that she deserved it for spilling the coffee on all the others.
• She was too happy because she found her perfect match.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

Read the following dialogue from the story. Martina was too delighted to be angry. At last, she’d found her perfect match. How does Martina know that Pérez is the “perfect match”?

• He uses the Coffee Test.

• He offers her family money.

• Martina’s father approves of him.

• Martina has loved him for many years.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3