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The Jacket by Gary Soto

Authored by Taryn Ballesty

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 52+ times

The Jacket by Gary Soto
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the central idea of "The Jacket"?

A young boy is embarrassed by his traditional Mexican family.

A young boy gets rejected by girls because he's ugly.

A young boy loses his father and is thrown into poverty.

A young boy hates the only jacket his mother can afford for him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following are settings in "The Jacket" EXCEPT:

An alley

Gary's house

A playground

Supermarket

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can the reader infer about Gary based on his actions in "The Jacket"?

He gets along well with his brothers and sisters.

He isn't confident.

He makes enemies easily.

He doesn't care what anyone thinks of him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does Gary transform, or evolve, over the course of the text?

He goes from being friendless and lonely to popular.

He goes from being a loser to being stylish.

He goes from being angry to being overjoyed.

He goes from being selfish and self-conscious to resigned and understanding.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How would the story be different if Gary's family wasn't poor?

Gary wouldn't be spoiled.

Gary's mom could've afforded the jacket he wanted.

Gary wouldn't care what others thought of him.

The playground terrorist would leave Gary alone.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the most LIKELY reason Gary had no friends in 6th grade?

He purposefully isolated himself because he was ashamed of his jacket.

No one wanted to be friends with him because they were afraid of getting ugly cooties.

The girls thought he wasn't cute.

They were afraid the playground terrorist would come after them, too.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the central idea of "The Jacket"?

A young boy is embarrassed by his traditional Mexican family.

A young boy gets rejected by girls because he's ugly.

A young boy loses his father and is thrown into poverty.

A young boy hates the only jacket his mother can afford for him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

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